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Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

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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.
Strengthen
Iron
Blind
Courage
Fire
Music
Daze
Bind

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You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
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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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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever.
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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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