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It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.

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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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Underestimate

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Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. He does not look so mighty lying there, he said wonderingly. He does not look so much greater than me.
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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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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
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Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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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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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.
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He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
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