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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

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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.
Sun
Understanding
Woman
Better
Trying

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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
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I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth, Cauthon whispered. I consider our debt paid in full.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
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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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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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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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A flapping tongue has killed more men than sudden storms ever did.
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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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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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You read too much and understand too little.
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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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