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A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.

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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
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Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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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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You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
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To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.
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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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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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These? Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled. He had been very pleased to learn that Seanchan guards-for all their stoic expressions and too-straight backs-responded to bribes like other people.
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Take what you want, and pay for it.
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The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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