Robert Jordan - The Great Hunt (1990)

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There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.

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"Humankind is being swept away everywhere. Nations fail and vanish. Darkfriends are everywhere, and none of these southlanders seem to notice or care. We fight to hold the Borderlands, to keep them safe in their houses, and every year, despite all we can do, the Blight advances. And these southlanders think Trollocs are myths, and Myrddraal a gleeman's tale." He frowned and shook his head. "It seemed the only way. We would be destroyed for nothing, defending people who do not even know, or care. It seemed logical. Why should we be destroyed for them, when we could make our own peace? Better the Shadow, I thought, than useless oblivion, like Caralain, or Hardan, or … It seemed so logical, then."

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Men! When you cannot win an argument, you either run away or resort to force.

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Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.

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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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The people seemed nearly ostentatious about minding their own business.

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Always plan for the worst, that way all your surprises will be pleasant ones.

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All men dream. But I know dreams for dreams. This is reality.

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Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.

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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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May you shelter in the palm of the Creator's hand, and may the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

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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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There is an old saying here in the Borderlands: "Better to have one woman on your side than ten men."

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Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.

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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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If you have a sword, and the Aielman has his bare hands, it is an even fight. If you're good.

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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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Soon comes the day all shall be free. Even you, and even me. Soon comes the day all shall die. Surely you, but never I.

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My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said they have about equal brains most of the time. Sometimes the mule is smarter.

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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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Jump in a hole without looking, and there'll be a snake in it every time.

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A shaping stone, to make us; a testing ground to prove our worth; and a punishment for the sin.

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Perhaps they do [deserve to die] and perhaps he[Rand al'Thor] would. But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

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It is every man's right to choose when to Sheathe the Sword." — Ingtar Shinowa —

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"Here, southlander, you can't quit while you are winning."
"Better than when I'm losing."

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