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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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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)
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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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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
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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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Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.
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Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. He does not look so mighty lying there, he said wonderingly. He does not look so much greater than me.
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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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Tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
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In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
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Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.
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Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.
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The Light willing, we will see one another again, Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved. Not like us, Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths.
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