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“Advice!Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are." "That is probably why you make such a bad job of it.- Perrin and Egwene”

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Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was an American author best known for his epic fantasy novel series, 'The Wheel of Time'. His works are celebrated for their complex characters, richly developed worlds, and profound philosophical themes. more

“But the sun itself, however beneficent, generally, was less kind to Coketown than hard frost, and rarely looked intently into any of its closer regions without engendering more death than life. So does the eye of Heaven itself become an evil eye, when incapable or sordid hands are interposed between it and the thing it looks upon to bless.”

Looks Kind Doe Hard Hands Eye Evil Heaven Sun Regions Bless Incapable Frost Evil Eye

Book:Hard Times

Source: Hard Times

“Life is bristling with thorns, and I know no other remedy than to cultivate one's garden.”

Knows Action Life Is Acceptance Garden Remedy Thorns

Author:Voltaire

“If God did not exist, He would have to be invented. But all nature cries aloud that he does exist: that there is a supreme intelligence, an immense power, an admirable order, and everything teaches us our own dependence on it.”

Ifs Doe Order Nature Teach Cry Supreme Immense Dependence Admirable Flour Eels

Book:Candide: and other writings

Source: Candide: and other writings

“It was as if for the remainder of his life he was condemned to carry with him the egos of certain people, early met and early loved, and to be only as complete as they were complete themselves. There was some element of loneliness involved--so easy to be loved--so hard to love.”

People Ifs Hard Certain Easy Loneliness Involved Mets Ego Elements

Book:The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

Source: The Complete Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald: Novels, Short Stories, Poetry, Articles, Letters, Plays & Screenplays: From the author of The Great Gatsby, The Side of Paradise, Tender Is the Night, The Beautiful and Damned, The Love of the Last Tycoon, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and many other notable works

“It is not inequality which is the real misfortune, it is dependence.”

Real Inequality Misfortunes Dependence

Author:Voltaire

“Such then is the human condition, that to wish greatness for one's country is to wish harm to one's neighbors.”

Humans War Country Wish Conditions Greatness Harm Neighbor Human Condition

Book:The Portable Voltaire

Source: The Portable Voltaire

“If you want good laws, burn those you have and make new ones.”

Ifs Want Law Lawyer

Author:Voltaire

“Where do you go when you die? Ha ha. Go on, go on and tell her, Billy." Billy smiles. "You become a little voice in someone's ear telling them that things will be alright.”

Littles Dies Voice Goes On Ears Alright