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• Loial, son of Arent, son of Halen, had secretly always wanted to be hasty.

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  Time, Son, Wanted

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• To lead is neither to push or pull.

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  "The Dragon Reborn". Book by Robert Jordan, 1991.

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• Taking responsibility takes all the joy out of life, and drains a man to dust.

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  Responsibility, Men, Dust

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• If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

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  Smile, Giving, Coins

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.577, Macmillan

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• If a woman does need a hero, she needs him today, not tomorrow.

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  Hero, Today Not Tomorrow, Doe

  Robert Jordan (2016). “The Wheel of Time: Books 1–4”, p.1310, Macmillan

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• Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather.

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  Light, Mountain, Wheel Of Time

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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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  Horse, Knives, Trying

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.607, Macmillan

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• I doubt you can understand the magnitude of the stupidity in your statement

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  Stupidity, Doubt, Magnitude

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2009). “The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time”, p.238, Macmillan

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• A man who will not die to save a woman is no man.

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  Men, Dies

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.251, Macmillan

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• Wounds to the pride are remembered long after wounds to the flesh.

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  Pride, Long, Flesh

  Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.193, Macmillan

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• A man's dreams are a maze even he cannot know.

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  Dream, Men, Mazes

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.333, Macmillan

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• The corpse's hand reached up and grabbed Shaisam by the throat. He gasped, thrashing, as the corpse opened its eye. "There's an odd thing about disease I once heard, Fain," Matrim Cauthon whispered. "Once you catch a disease and survive, you can't get it again.

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  Eye, Hands, Odd Things

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• Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A man who is forced is never completely his own master. He must dance on the strings of those who forced him.

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  Greatness, Men, Wheel Of Time

  Robert Jordan (2009). “The Great Hunt: Book Two of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.253, Tor Books

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• There are things worth fighting for.

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  Fighting, Call Of Duty, Soldiers At War

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.696, Macmillan

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• If your enemy offers you two targets, strike at a third.

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  Two, Enemy, Target

  Robert Jordan (2010). “Crossroads of Twilight: Book Ten of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.493, Macmillan

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• A secret spoken finds wings.

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  Wings, Secret

  Robert Jordan, Harriet McDougal, Alan Romanczuk, Maria Simons (2015). “The Wheel of Time Companion: The People, Places and History of the Bestselling Series”, p.420, Macmillan

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• There were many good years. Good decades, good centuries. We believed we were living in paradise. Perhaps that was our downfall. We wanted our lives to be perfect, so we ignored imperfections. Problems were magnified through inattention and war might have become inevitable if the Bore hadn't ever made.

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  War, Years, Perfect

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2013). “A Memory of Light”, p.144, Macmillan

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• A gnarled old branch dulls the blade that severs a sapling.

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  Branches, Saplings, Blades

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Fires of Heaven: Book Five of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.352, Macmillan

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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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  Hunting, Trying, Lions

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.199, Macmillan

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• Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.

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  Lying, Age, Wheel Of Time

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2009). “The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time”, p.109, Macmillan

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• The arrogance of men never ceases to amaze me. You all think everything has to do with you, and every woman has to desire you.

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  Men, Thinking, Arrogance

  Robert Jordan (2002). “The Dragon Reborn: Book Three of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.100, Macmillan

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• Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.

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  Thinking, Alive, Want

  Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.403, Macmillan

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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

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  Mother, Heart, Men

  Robert Jordan (2010). “The Shadow Rising: Book Four of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.130, Macmillan

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• Sometimes, a wife must do what her husband cannot.

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  Husband, Wife, Sometimes

  Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2009). “The Gathering Storm: Book Twelve of the Wheel of Time”, p.47, Macmillan

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• The more bosom a woman displayed, the less she wanted you to look. Openly, at least.

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  Looks, Wanted, Bosoms

  Robert Jordan (2010). “A Crown of Swords: Book Seven of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.300, Macmillan

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