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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
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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Anyone
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You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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Duty is heavier than a mountain, Dai Shan.' That time, Lan did flinch. How long had it been since someone had been able to do that to him with mere words? He remembered teaching that same concept to a youth out of the Two Rivers. A sheepherder, innocent of the world, fearful of the fate laid out before him by the Pattern.
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.
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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.
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If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in your ribs.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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Any day you wake up, maybe you die.
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You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
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If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.
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