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Better to face the bear than run from it.

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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.
Face
Faces
Running
Better
Wot
Bear
Bears

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Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you.
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If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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The Light willing, we will see one another again, Rand said. He held out his hand to Perrin. Watch out for Mat. I'm honestly not sure what he's going to do, but I have a feeling it will be highly dangerous for all involved. Not like us, Perrin said, clasping Rand's forearm. You and I, we're much better at keeping to the safe paths.
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If you ask the lion to protect from from wolves, you have only chosen to end in one belly instead of another.
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Facing them (men) with knives and spears was much easier than loving them, much easier.
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If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in your ribs.
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Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
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