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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.

Robert Jordan

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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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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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Before I knew what was happening, I had a fistful of spears around my neck like a collar. I could have shaved myself with one sneeze.
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In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.
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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.
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A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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