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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.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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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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Should and would build no bridges.
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It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
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Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
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Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
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Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours.
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Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.
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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
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A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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