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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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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.
Trying
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Make
Hold
Dangerous
Happen
Happens
Weaves
Cannot
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Prophecy
Even
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No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
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The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
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Better to face the bear than run from it.
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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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To anger an Aes Sedai is to put your head in a hornets' nest.
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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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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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The end is near, Moridin said. The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.
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No man should have another man's voice in his head.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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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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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.
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You read too much and understand too little.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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I do not like odd things until I can understand them.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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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 Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.
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