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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.

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.
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Everyone

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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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Remember that any meal can be your last. You chose to travel with us, so tonight you will eat fish. Tomorrow, you may die.
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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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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.
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I have never known anyone else, Egwene said to him, who will work so hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon.
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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---
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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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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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The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain, Matrim Cauthon whispered. Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.
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Any day you wake up, maybe you die.
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The only way was forward, whatever lay at the end.
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Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.
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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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Should and would build no bridges.
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