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Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?

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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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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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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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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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You must surrender before you can guide.
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The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become.- Rand Al'Thor
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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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We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.
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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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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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Never gamble without knowing a back way out.
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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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Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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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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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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