A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty. - Robert Jordan

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A man is a man, on a throne or in a pigsty.

Robert Jordan

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About Robert Jordan

Robert Jordan was the pen name of James Oliver Rigney, Jr. (October 17, 1948 – September 16, 2007), under which he is best known as the author of the bestselling The Wheel of Time fantasy series. He also wrote under the name Reagan O'Neal.

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Alternative Names: James Oliver Rigney, Jr. • James O. Rigney • Regan O'Neal

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The yellowfly is almost too small to see, but if you leave its egg in your skin, you will lose an arm or leg before it hatches - if it does not kill you.

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

How was he to cause war, as the prophecies say he must? How was he to break the nations and bind them to him? How could he 'slay his people with the sword of peace' or 'bind the nine moons to serve him' if he was locked away? Do the prophecies say that he will be 'unfettered'? Do they not speak of the 'chaos of his passing'? How can anything pass at all if he is kept in chains?