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> [I killed the whole world, and you can too, if you try hard.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/i-killed-the-whole-world-and-you-can-too-if-you-try-hard/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [Better to try understanding the sun than a woman.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/better-to-try-understanding-the-sun-than-a-woman/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [If you fell head first into a pigsty, you'd try to convince everybody you did it on purpose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/if-you-fell-head-first-into-a-pigsty-you-d-try-to-convince-everybody/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [A shoat squealing under a fence just attracts the fox, when it should be trying to run.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/a-shoat-squealing-under-a-fence-just-attracts-the-fox-when-it-should/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [For the young, death is an enemy they wish to try their strength against. For those of us a little older, she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/for-the-young-death-is-an-enemy-they-wish-to-try-their-strength/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [If you try putting a woman on a horse when she does not want to go, she may put a knife in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/if-you-try-putting-a-woman-on-a-horse-when-she-does-not-want-to-go/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [Prophecy is most dangerous when you try to make it happen... The Pattern weaves itself around you, but when you try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/prophecy-is-most-dangerous-when-you-try-to-make-it-happen-the-pattern/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [i can't understand her" well son, you might as well try to understand the sun". derived form the book:fires of heaven by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/i-can-t-understand-her-well-son-you-might-as-well-try-to-understand-2/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [Mat had tried to make her say she saw a hat floating around Mat's head. That would persuade Tuon to stop trying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/mat-had-tried-to-make-her-say-she-saw-a-hat-floating-around-mat-s/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [By the way, I saved Moiraine. Chew on that as you try to decide which of the two of us is winning."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/by-the-way-i-saved-moiraine-chew-on-that-as-you-try-to-decide-which/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [And yet many of us do it without families," Nynaeve said. "Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/and-yet-many-of-us-do-it-without-families-nynaeve-said-without-love/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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> [Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/why-that-s-like-being-told-to-go-up-in-the-hills-to-find-lions-only/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/the-nobles-and-the-noble-houses-maneuver-for-advantage-they-do-things/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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## Other authors on Trying

## More by Robert Jordan

> [“It was an odd thing Tam had taught him. Concentrate on a single flame and feed all your passions into it—fear, hate, anger—until your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/it-was-an-odd-thing-tam-had-taught-him-concentrate-on-a-single-flame/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“Relax, lad. Take life as it comes. Run when you have to, fight when you must, rest when you can.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/relax-lad-take-life-as-it-comes-run-when-you-have-to-fight-when-you/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“As she spoke, the dice started tumbling inside his head.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/as-she-spoke-the-dice-started-tumbling-inside-his-head/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [There was a wild light in his eyes. "Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/there-was-a-wild-light-in-his-eyes-bring-your-lightnings-aes-sedai-i/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [My mother always told me the best way to learn to deal with a man was to learn to ride a mule. She said…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/my-mother-always-told-me-the-best-way-to-learn-to-deal-with-a-man-was/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“The Wheel weaves as the Wheel wills, Perrin. We’ve become what we needed to become.” Perrin”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/the-wheel-weaves-as-the-wheel-wills-perrin-we-ve-become-what-we/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“All of you, fare well, and may you shelter in the palm of the Creator’s hand.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/all-of-you-fare-well-and-may-you-shelter-in-the-palm-of-the-creator-s/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [If it's not forbidden, then it's allowed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/if-it-s-not-forbidden-then-it-s-allowed/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“Stay and get married, or travel the Ways." Loial grimaced ruefully. "Life is very unsettling with ta'veren for friends.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/stay-and-get-married-or-travel-the-ways-loial-grimaced-ruefully-life/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“Who would sup with the mighty must climb the path of daggers. -Anonymous notation found inked in the margin of a manuscript history (believed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/who-would-sup-with-the-mighty-must-climb-the-path-of-daggers/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [Men always seem to refuse to admit they are sick until they're sick enough to make twice as much work for women. Then they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/men-always-seem-to-refuse-to-admit-they-are-sick-until-they-re-sick/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [Beauty holds more worth than gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/beauty-holds-more-worth-than-gold/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/when-the-honey-s-out-of-the-comb-there-s-no-putting-it-back/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/death-comes-to-us-all-we-can-only-choose-how-to-face-it-when-it-comes/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

> [“Burn me," Mat said, throwing on the shirt he dug out of the bundle. "I'll give you a hundred Tar Valon marks if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jordan/burn-me-mat-said-throwing-on-the-shirt-he-dug-out-of-the-bundle-i-ll/)

[Robert Jordan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jordan/)

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                        "text": "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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