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Robert Jordan, The Fires of Heaven Quotes: The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
         

The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.


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The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
         



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Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.



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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.



Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.

Waiting turns men into bears in a barn, and women into cats in a sack.



Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.

Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.



Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.

Only a battle lost is sadder than a battle won.



Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.

Victory settles a lot of arguments in most men's heads.



I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.

I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.





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