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And his paths shall be many, and who shall know his name, for he shall be beorn among us many times, in many guises, as he has been and ever will be, time without end. His coming shall be like the sharp edge of the plow, turning our lives in furrows form out of the places where we lie in our silence. The breaker of binds; the forger of chains. The maker of futures; the unshaper of destiny. -from Commentaries on the Prophecies of the Dragon..
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Robert Jordan |
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bad5124
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There's an old saying in the Two Rivers" Rand said dryly. "'The louder a man tells you he's honest, the harder you must hold on to your purse.'" Another said, "The fox often offers to give the duck its pond."
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Robert Jordan |
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7d9668f
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Anything can be a weapon, if the man or woman who holds it has the nerve and will to make it so.
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Robert Jordan |
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08a7f1c
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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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Robert Jordan |
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Out of the night Hopper came, and Perrin was one with the wolf. Hopper, the cub who had watched the eagles soar, and wanted so badly to fly through the sky as the eagles did. The cub who hopped and jumped and leaped until he could leap higher than any other wolf, who never lost the cub's yearning to soar through the sky. [...] Something crashed into his head, and as he fell, he did not know if it was Hopper or himself who died.
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Robert Jordan |
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I figured that once you've decided to jump off a cliff, you might as well pick the highest one. Why accept the risk, if not for the greatest prize?
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Robert Jordan |
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You can't give up. You can't ever give up. If you give up you might as well be dead.
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time
loial
rand
wheel
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Your body is only clothing. Your flesh will wither, but you are your heart and mind, and they do not change except to grow stronger.
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Robert Jordan |
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He wanted to laugh. Only, the sound wouldn't come out. He couldn't summon even a wry humor, not anymore. That wasn't a thought to cause laughter; it was one to cause despair. But Rand did not weep, for tears could not come from steel. For the moment, Lews Therin's cries seemed enough for both of them.
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Robert Jordan |
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Belief and order give strength. Have to clear rubble before you can build.
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Robert Jordan |
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There can be no health in us, nor any good thing grow, for the land is one with the Dragon Reborn and he one with the land. Soul of fire, heart of stone, in pride he conquers, forcing the proud to yield. He calls upon the mountains to kneel, and the seas to give way, and the very skies to bow. Pray that the heart of stone remebers tears, and the soul of fire, love. -From a much-disputed translation of The Prophecies of the Dragon by the po..
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Robert Jordan |
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He let them be heroes.
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Robert Jordan |
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I am Rand al'Thor!" he called, so his voice rang through the chamber. "I am the Dragon Reborn!" --
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Robert Jordan |
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The Last Battle was not hope. The Last Battle was death. But it was a place to be, a place to go.
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Robert Jordan |
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Knock a man down, and you saw what he was made of. That man might run. If he didn't--if he stood back up with blood at the corner of his mouth and determination in his eyes--then you knew. That man was about to become truly dangerous.
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Robert Jordan |
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There is a different beauty in simplicity, in a single line placed just so, a single flower among the rocks. The harshness of the stone makes the flower more precious.
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Robert Jordan |
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Respond to demands with silence, respond to challenges with questions. It was amazing how it worked.
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Robert Jordan |
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Almost everyone stopped when he did, but Enaila and Jalani exchanged glances and kept on right past him toward the garden. He raised his voice a fraction and hardened it considerably more. "The Maidens here will come with me. Anyone who wants to put on a dress and discuss matchmaking can stay behind." .................................. Bashere motioned, and one of the younger Saldaeans loped ahead in that rolling stride of a man more used t..
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rand-al-thor
wheel-of-time
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Let most men have a finger and they will have the whole hand before you know. Let a clan cheif have a finger and he will have the entire arm.
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women
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Robert Jordan |
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01421ed
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Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai [carry] the half-truth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts.
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Robert Jordan |
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The sweetness of victory and the bitterness of defeat are alike a knife of dreams. -From Fog and Steel by Madoc Comadrin
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Robert Jordan |
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The seals that hold back night shall weaken, and in the heart of winter shall winter's heart be born amid the wailing of lamentations and the gnashing of teeth, for winter's heart shall ride a black horse, and the name of it is Death. -from The Karaethon Cycle: The Prophecies of the Dragon
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Robert Jordan |
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He did not own her, and she did not own him. The act of his movement so that they faced the same direction meant far more to her than other gesture could. -Aviendha about Rand
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Robert Jordan |
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We should ask our commanders..." Elayne trailed off. "If there are any we trust not to be under Compulsion." "There's only one," Mat said grimly, meeting her eyes. "And he's telling you we are finished if we continue as we have. The earlier plan was a good enough one, but after what we lost today...Elayne, we're dead unless we choose one place to stand, gather together, and fight." One last toss of the dice."
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Robert Jordan |
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Blood and bloody ashes. Even dead women treated him the way Nynaeve did. Where did they learn it? Were there secret lessons?
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Robert Jordan |
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Those clouds above formed a pattern that looked familiar. Black on white, white on black. It's the symbol, she realized with a start. The ancient symbol of the Aes Sedai. Under this sign...shall he conquer.
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Robert Jordan |
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I've come to give you your gift back, Mordeth," Cauthon whispered. "I consider our debt paid in full."
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Robert Jordan |
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A man without trust might as well be dead.
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Robert Jordan |
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Yes...how else could Demandred explain the skill of the enemy general? Only a man with the experience of an ancient was so masterly at the dance of battlefields. At their core, many battle tactics were simple. Avoid being flanked, meet heavy force with pikes, infantry with a well-trained line, channelers with other channelers. And yet, the finesse of it...the little details...these took centuries to master. No man from this Age had lived lo..
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Robert Jordan |
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Past is past, and the future is ahead.
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Robert Jordan |
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My name is Nynaeve ti al'Meara Mandragoran. The message I want sent is this. My husband rides from World's End toward Tarwin's Gap, toward Tarmon Gai'don. Will he ride alone?
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Robert Jordan |
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The more power a man held, the more likely he was to be an idiot with it.
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Robert Jordan |
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The Shadow shall rise across the world, and darken every land, even to the smallest corner, and there shall be neither Light nor safety. And he who shall be born of the Dawn, born of the Maiden, according to Prophecy, he shall stretch forth his hands to catch the Shadow, and the world shall scream in the pain of salvation. All Glory be to the Creator, and to the Light, and to he sho shall be born again. May the Light save us from him. -fro..
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Robert Jordan |
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The wheel of time turns and ages come and go, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the age tha gave it birth returns again. In the third age, an age of prophecy the world and time themselves hang in the balance. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under shadow.
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Robert Jordan |
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A thousand stories had painted cities in his mind, the great cities of kings and queens, of thrones and powers and legends, and Caemlyn fit into those mind-deep pictures and water fits into a jug.
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Robert Jordan |
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In Shinear, a woman [is] safe anywhere, any time-except from Trollocs and Myrddraal, of course-and any man [will] die to see it so.
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Robert Jordan |
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Who would sup with the mighty must climb the path of daggers. -Anonymous notation found inked in the margin of a manuscript history (believed to date to the time of Arthur Hawkwing) of the last days of the Tovan Conclaves
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Robert Jordan |
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I think the woman was born in Far Madding in a thunderstorm. She probably told the thunder to be quiet. It probably did.
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Robert Jordan |
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Actually, I figured out how to lose bloody ages ago. -Mat
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Robert Jordan |
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Oh, well," Mat said idly, "she's just the Dragon Reborn's woman." (about Min)"
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Robert Jordan |
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In war, you say a prayer for your dead and ride on, because there is always another fight over the next horizon." --al'Lan Mandragoran"
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Robert Jordan |
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Rage did her no good. You didn't get mad at the weasel who was sneaking into your yard and eating your hens. You simply laid a trap and disposed of the animal. Anger was pointless. - Egwene, pg. 77
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Great captains earned their reputation not just for laying brilliant plans, but for still being able to find victory after those plans began to fall apart.
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Robert Jordan |
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The Amyrlin Seat has fallen," a nearby Aes Sedai cried amid the crystallized Sharans. "The Amyrlin Seat has fallen!"
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Robert Jordan |