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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.

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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.
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Drowning
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
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It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
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We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
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I have never known anyone else, Egwene said to him, who will work so hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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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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Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess
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No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
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The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.
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