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If wishes were wings, pigs would fly.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man.
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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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The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.
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If it hurts too much, make it hurt someone else instead.
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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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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
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Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man.
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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Always plan for the worst, child that way, all your surprises will be pleasant ones.
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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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Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
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The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death.
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I have never known anyone else, Egwene said to him, who will work so hard to avoid hard work, Matrim Cauthon.
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Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
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Should and would build no bridges.
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