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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.

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
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Breathing
Violent
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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
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There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
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We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
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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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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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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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The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.
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The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.
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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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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes
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