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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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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
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On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.
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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain, Matrim Cauthon whispered. Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
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Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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A man can get killed in there.
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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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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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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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When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
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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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The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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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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I can rest when I'm dead.
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Should and would build no bridges.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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You must surrender before you can guide.
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