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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

Robert Jordan

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Positive
Inspirational
Dream
Must
Life
Wake

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Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.
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A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.
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It has been quite a weight, hasn't it? Tam asked. What weight? Rand replied. That lost hand you've been carrying. Rand looked down at his stump. Yes. I believe it has been at that.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.
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When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
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In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
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When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.
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Take what you want, and pay for it.
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The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's all done in secrecy, or if not, they try to make it seem as if they're doing something other than what they are.
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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.
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Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.
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I can rest when I'm dead.
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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.
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You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease. -General Galgan to Mat
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