"That man,' Elayne said, 'is never where he needs to be.' 'And yet,' Perrin said, 'he always arrives there eventually."
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"The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We've become what we needed to become."- Rand Al'Thor"
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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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"If wishes had wings, sheep would fly."
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"A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy."
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"Before I knew what was happening, I had a fistful of spears around my neck like a collar. I could have shaved myself with one sneeze."
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"Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours."
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"You must surrender before you can guide."
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"The pike does not ask the frog's permission before dining."
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"The only way to live is to die. I must die. I deserve only death."
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"I can rest when I'm dead."
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"You could weave silk from pig bristles before you could make a man anything but a man."
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"In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different."
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"Well, I can admire stubbornness in a man. There is little to a man who's too easily biddable."
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"If you wish, you may call me Rand Sedai."
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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."
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"A pig painted gold is still a pig."
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"He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!"
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"Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene"
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"And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve."
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