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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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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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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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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.
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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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Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.
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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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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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A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
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i can't understand her well son, you might as well try to understand the sun. derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.
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Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess
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These? Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled. He had been very pleased to learn that Seanchan guards-for all their stoic expressions and too-straight backs-responded to bribes like other people.
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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
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