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Beauty holds more worth than gold.

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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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Gold
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Beauty

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Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
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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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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.
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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
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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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Demandred blocked Lan's attack but he breathed hoarsely. Who are you? Demandred whispered again. No one of this Age has such skill. Asmodean? No, no. He couldn't have fought me like this. Lews Therin? It is you behind that face, isn't it? I am just a man, Lan whispered. That is all I have ever been.
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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No man should have another man's voice in his head.
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The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.
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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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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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If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know.
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If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed
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It's never over, al'Thor. The battle's never done.
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Most of those we call heroes only did what they had to do.
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When a woman says she will obey you, of her own will, it is time to sleep lightly and watch your back.
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