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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.

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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
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You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.
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In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
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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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I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth, Cauthon whispered. I consider our debt paid in full.
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You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.
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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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Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
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Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they claim they're well too soon, with the same result.
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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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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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A man who trusts everyone is a fool and a man who trusts no one is a fool. We are all fools if we live long enough.
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Stopping a man from what he wants to do is like taking a sweet from a child. Sometimes you have to do it, but sometimes it just isn't worth the trouble.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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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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A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.
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