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You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you? Elayne asked. I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.

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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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Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they're well too soon, with the same result.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.
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The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
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I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth, Cauthon whispered. I consider our debt paid in full.
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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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If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed
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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
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When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.
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If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.
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