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Caution once forgotten could be forgotten once too often.

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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.
Often
Caution
Forgotten

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Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.
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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.
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These? Mat said, gesturing to his coat and shirt. I really have no idea. They were just down there. I'm completely baffled. He had been very pleased to learn that Seanchan guards-for all their stoic expressions and too-straight backs-responded to bribes like other people.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword. --- Ingtar Shinowa ---
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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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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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
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Sandar came to stand beside him, frowning down at the crumpled High Lord. He does not look so mighty lying there, he said wonderingly. He does not look so much greater than me.
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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.
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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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Any day you wake up, maybe you die.
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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He came like the wind, like the wind touched everything, and like the wind was gone. -from The Dragon Reborn. By Loial, son of Arent son of Halan, the Fourth Age.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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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 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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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.
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