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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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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
Jr.
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You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease. -General Galgan to Mat
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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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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I can rest when I'm dead.
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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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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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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A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
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The only man completely at peace is a man without a navel.
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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.
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Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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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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Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder.
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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
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Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
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If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
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