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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.
Woman
Doe
Today
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Tomorrow

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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.
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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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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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Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.
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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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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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No man should have another man's voice in his head.
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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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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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We all make our limits, and we set them further out than we have any right.
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If you pursue two hares, both will escape you.
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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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From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have heard them singing over their dead, and over those they have killed. That song is one to make the stones weep.
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Should and would build no bridges.
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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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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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