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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.

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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.
Sudden
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Storm
Tongue
Ever
Men
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Storms

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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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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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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.
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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 end is near, Moridin said. The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.
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What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.
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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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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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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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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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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
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The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain, Matrim Cauthon whispered. Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
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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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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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When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don't need to see the silverpike to know they are there.
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There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
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