The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
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Robert Jordan
James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), better known by his pen name Robert Jordan, was an American author of epic fantasy. He is best known for the Wheel of Time series, which comprises 14 books and a prequel novel. He is one of several writers to have written original Conan the Barbarian novels; his are highly acclaimed to this day. Rigney also wrote historical fiction under his pseudonym Reagan O'Neal, a western as Jackson O'Reilly, and dance criticism as Chang Lung. Additionally, he ghostwrote an "international thriller" that is still believed to have been written by someone else. 2Early life Jordan was born in Charleston, South Carolina. He served two tours in Vietnam (from 1968 to 1970) with the United States Army as a helicopter gunner. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with oak leaf cluster, the Bronze Star with "V" and oak leaf cluster, and two Vietnamese Gallantry Crosses with palm. After returning from Vietnam he attended The Citadel, where he received an undergraduate degree in physics; after graduating he was employed by the United States Navy as a nuclear enginee
The fact that the price must be paid is proof it is worth paying.
Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.
I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
Women often seemed to leave things unsaid, and in his limited experience it was what they did not say that proved the most trouble.
There is one rule, above all others, for being a man. Whatever comes, face it on your feet.
Better to have one woman on your side than ten men.
Life is a dream from which we all must wake before we can dream again.
The oak fought the wind and was broken, the willow bent when it must and survived.
Always plan for the worst, child, that way all your surprises are pleasant ones.
Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.
We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
One more dance along the razor's edge finished. Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today.
Often you don't know whether a woman is friend, enemy or lover until it is too late. Sometimes, she is all three.