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In a cruel land, you either learned to laugh at cruelty or spent your life weeping. (Robert Jordan)
Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he's nothing to lose. View quote
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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. View quote
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Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again. View quote
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By the Creator at the moment of creation. May we shelter safe beneath the Light, in the Creator's hand. View quote
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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile. View quote
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An open sack hides nothing, And an open door hides little, but an open man is surely hiding something. lini is quoted by Nynaeve. View quote
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Reading is like breathing. If you take it away, first I become antsy, then violent. View quote
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Take what you want, and pay for it. View quote
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By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning." -Mat. View quote
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A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy. (Robert Jordan)
Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won. View quote
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Kneel and swear to the Lord Dragon, or you will be knelt. View quote
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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. View quote
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the wolf may fight the bear but the rabbit always looses. View quote
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Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty. View quote
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Two days' hunger made a fine sauce for anything. View quote
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Whether the bear beats the wolf or the wolf beats the bear, the rabbit always loses. View quote
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Come to think of it, an Aes Sedai would probably follow a man off a cliff, too, if only to explain to him - in detail - all the things he was doing incorrectly in the way he went about killing himself. View quote
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I do not like odd things until I can understand them. View quote
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My mother says men are different from us. She says we want to be in love, but only with the one we want; a man needs to be in love, but he will love the first woman to tie a string to his heart. - Egwene, speaking to Elayne. (Robert Jordan)
Never think I have abandoned you. When the sun shines on you, it is my smile. When you hear the breeze stir through the apple blossoms, it is my whisper that I love you. My love is yours forever. View quote
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If you plan for the worst, all surprises are pleasant. View quote
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Storms rumble beyond the horizon, and the fires of heaven purge the earth. There is no salvation without destruction, no hope this side of death. View quote
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A wise ruler takes advice, but should never be seen to take it. Let them think you know more than you do. It will not harm them, and it will help you. View quote
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