"I've seen men die because they were sure that what should not happen,would not. -Robert Jordan(The eye of the world,Wheel of time)"
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"You break your neck, and I’ll see it mended just so I can break it again."
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"Tuon's eyes snapped open, and despite the dim light, she focused directly on Mat. She saw the knife in his hand, ready to throw. Then she looked over her shoulder."
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"Bound by the Oath against lying, Aes Sedai had carried the halftruth, the quarter-truth and the implication to arts."
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"Some said Delana was sucessful as a mediator because both sides would agree just to make her stop staring at them."
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"Browns seek knowledge, Blues meddle in causes, and Whites consider the questions of truth with implacable logic. We all do some of it all, of course. But to be Green means to stand ready. In the Trolloc Wars, we were often called the Battle Ajah. All Aes Sedai helped where and when they could, but the Green Ajah alone was always with the armies, in almost every battle. We were the counter to the dreadlords. The Battle Ajah. And now we stand ready, for the Trollocs to come south again, for Tarmon Gai'don. the Last Battle. We will be there. That is what it means to be Green. -Alanna"
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"A man can get killed in there."
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"The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business."
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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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"There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness."
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"Should and would build no bridges."
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"A young wolfhound must meet his first wolf someday, but if the wolf sees him as a puppy, if he acts the puppy, the wolf will surely kill him. The wolfhound must be a wolfhound in the wolf's eyes even more than in his own, if he is to survive."
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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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"Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes?" - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best."
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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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"Still waters run deep. All things change until we wake. Dreams drift in the wind."
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"On a day of fire and blood, a tattered banner waved above Dumai's wells, bearing the ancient symbol of Aes Sedai. On a day of fire and blood and the one power, as prophecy had suggested, the unstained tower, broken, bent knee to the forgotten sign. The first nine Aes Sedai swore fealty to the Dragon Reborn, and the world was changed forever."
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"I may be a fool, but I intend to be a live fool."
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"It is the enemy you underestimate who kills you."
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"If wishes were wings, pigs would fly."
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