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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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You read too much and understand too little.
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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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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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To fight the raven you may make alliance with the serpent until the battle is done.
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A fool puts her hand into a hollow tree without finding out what's inside first.
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You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.
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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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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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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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It was easier to trip a fool than to knock him down.
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Should and would build no bridges.
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Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.
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The nobles and the noble Houses maneuver for advantage. They do things they think will help them, or hurt and enemy, or both. Usually, it's all done in secrecy, or if not, they try to make it seem as if they're doing something other than what they are.
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The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the Shadow.
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Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
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i can't understand her well son, you might as well try to understand the sun. derived form the book:fires of heaven by robert jordan.
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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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It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
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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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