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Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.

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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.
Nobody
Men
Wot
Tells

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Has anyone ever told you that you should wear a hat? It would fit the missing eye quite well.' -Kathana to Mat
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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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When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don't need to see the silverpike to know they are there.
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Only a fool thinks his enemies stand still when he isn't looking, my Lord Dragon.
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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Better to face the bear than run from it.
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The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death.
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses.
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Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
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As the Wheel of Time turns, places wear many names. Men wear many names, many faces. Different faces, but always the same man. Yet no one knows the Great Pattern the Wheel weaves, or even the Pattern of an Age. We can only watch, and study, and hope.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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The wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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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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Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
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Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered.
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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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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