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What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.

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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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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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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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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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You cannot please everyone. You cannot soothe everyone.
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To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.
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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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It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.
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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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A man can get killed in there.
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Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen... The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to weave it, even you cannot hold it.
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Take what you want, and pay for it.
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The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become.- Rand Al'Thor
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You read too much and understand too little.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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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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It's too late to change your mind after you've jumped off the cliff.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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The more women there are about, the softer a wise man steps.
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