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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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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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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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The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
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Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.
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It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver.
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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.
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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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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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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 can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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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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He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
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