"Hammer the iron that lies on your anvil instead of daydreaming about working silver."
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"Hardness shatters; strength endures."
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"Take what you want, and pay for it."
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"The rose petal floats on water. The kingfisher flashes above the pond. Life and beauty swirl in the midst of death."
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"Rand, maybe that's the answer they give to everybody. Those snake people, I mean. Got to Rhuidean. Maybe we don't have to be here at all.' He did not believe it, but with that fog staring him in the face. ... Rand turned his head to look at him, not speaking. Finally he said, 'They never mentioned Rhuidean to me, Mat.' 'Oh, burn me,' he muttered."
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"Dovie'andi se tovya sagain (It's time to roll the dice) - Matrim Cauthon"
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"May Your Swords Stay Sharp!" - Lan Pendragon"
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"In wars, boy, fools kill other fools for foolish causes"
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"I surrender to it, and by surrendering, I control it."
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"A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife."
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"Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible."
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"One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills."
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"Duty is heavy as a mountain, death is light as a feather."
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"I do not like odd things until I can understand them."
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"If you don't know everything, you must go on with what you do know."
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"You have to have talent to some extent - I certainly hope I have talent - but you have to have luck as well. Once you get that first shot, that will get you noticed for the rest of your books and that will give the rest of your books a better chance."
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"Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now."
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"Young men can be impetuous, young men can be rush, young men can be fools, but the Car'a'carn cannot let himself be a young man."
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"The wheel weaves as the wheel wills"
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"Teach him how you will, a pig will never play the flute."
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