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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.
Must
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Better to face the bear than run from it.
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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
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When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
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Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute.
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When you saw me with a dagger in hand - as if to throw at you - you didn't call for your guards. You didn't fear I was here to kill you. You looked over your shoulder to see what I was aiming at. That's the most loving gesture I think a man could receive from a woman. Unless you'd like to sit on my knee for a while.
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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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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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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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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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's all done in secrecy, or if not, they try to make it seem as if they're doing something other than what they are.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man.
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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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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.
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