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The road ahead of you is long, dark, and, I very much fear, bloodstained. I also very much fear that you will take us all down that road. But you must live to reach the end of it.

Robert Jordan

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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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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 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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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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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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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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You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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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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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you.
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Love is an odd thing. As odd a thing as there is.
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