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You'll use it [Perrin's axe], boy, and as long as you hate using it, you would use it more wisely than most men would. Wait. If ever you don't hate it any longer, then will be the time to throw it as far as you can and run the other way.

— Robert Jordan The Eye of the World (1990)

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A man’s word must be as good as an oath sworn beneath the Light or it was no good at all.

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

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

The Dragon Reborn (1991)

It is better to guide people than try to hammer them into a line.

The Shadow Rising (1992)

When there are fish heads and blood in the water, you don’t need to see the silverpike to know they are there.

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