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Robert Jordan Quotes: What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.
         

What you want is what you cannot have. What you cannot have is what you want.


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Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Any fool knows men and women think differently at times, but the biggest difference is this. Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.



Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.

Men forget, but never forgive; women forgive, but never forget.



Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.

Courage to strengthen, fire to blind, music to daze, iron to bind.



A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.

A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.



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

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



The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.

The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again.



You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.

You can never know everything, and part of what you know is always wrong. A portion of wisdom lies in knowing that. A portion of courage lies in going on anyway.



I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.

I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.



We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.

We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.



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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If Jesus has to do it all over again, there will be more people shouting "Crucify him".You are not here to make the world a better place. Mark 15:13

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The implied trust was humbling. He didn't deserve it, but then again, he wouldn't betray it either.

The implied trust was humbling. He didn't deserve it, but then again, he wouldn't betray it either.



...Maybe instead of fire and brimstone, hell is just a feeling of loneliness

...Maybe instead of fire and brimstone, hell is just a feeling of loneliness



Buddha says: "Do not flatter your benefactor!". Let one repeat this saying in a Christian church : it immediately purifies the air of everything Christian.

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I think laughter is crucial. Some of the original cultures, like the Dalit and the Native American, don't separate laughter and seriousness.

I think laughter is crucial. Some of the original cultures, like the Dalit and the Native American, don't separate laughter and seriousness.



I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.

I spend a lot of time alone so I get a lot done. I don't do much else but work, check things out.



Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction.

Anyone can write a specification, but if nobody implements it, what is it but a particularly dry form of science fiction.



I like the freedom of being able to just use the live show as an opportunity to more so deconstruct what's going on in the album than to recreate it.

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The world leaves no track in space, and the greatest action of man no mark in the vast idea.

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I'm just an actress. They try to give me as little information as possible.

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