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Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.

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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.
Reborn
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Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
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Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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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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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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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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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered.
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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.
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