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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.

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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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Tomorrow
Woman
Doe
Today
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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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Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai had carried the halftruth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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Never kiss a girl whose brothers have knife scars.
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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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Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
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Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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Strange clothes you wear, Child of the Dragon. Has the Wheel turned so far? Do the People of the Dragon return to the first Covenant? But you wear a sword. That is neither now nor then.
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A spoonful of hope and a cup of despair
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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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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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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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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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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.
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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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Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat
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