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If you pursue two hares, both will escape 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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Escape
Pursue

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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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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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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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Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours.
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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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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.
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Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.
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You will serve the Cyrstal Throne well. It would be a shame to see you assassinated too early. I will make certain that the first I send after you are newly trained, so that you may stop them with ease. -General Galgan to Mat
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For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she is an old friend, an old lover, but one we are not eager to meet again soon.
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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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