Robert JORDAN
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The Wheel of Time
First book published in 1977 (TOR Fantasy).


Book n°10 - Crossroads of Twilight
 
«  The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that becomes legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the Rhannon Hills. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. » (p100)

«  Bashere shook his head. Apparently a member of their royal family has arrived. Suroth wants you to meet someone called the Daughter of the Nine Moons.
    Thunder rolled again for distant lightning. » (p822)


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Book n°9 - Winter's Heart

«  The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that becomes legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose above the Aryth Ocean. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. » (p87)

«  Night fell. On the hilltop, the wind blew dust across the fragments of what had once been a ter'angreal. Below lay the tomb of Shadar Logoth, open to give the world hope. And on distant Tremalking, the word began to spread that the Time of Illusions was at en end. » (p766)


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Book n°8 - The Path of Daggers
 
«  The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that becomes legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose above the great mountains of the island of Tremalking. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. » (p37)

«  Across the nations the stories spread like spiderweb laid upon spiderweb, and men and women planned the future, believing they knew truth. They planned, and the patterns absorbed their plans, weaving toward the future foretold. » (p672)


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Book n°7 - A Crown of Swords
 
«  The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that becomes legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose in the great forest called Braem Wood. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. » (p49)

«  One fact, though, turned up again and again in those tales. The Laurel Crown of Illian had been given a new name. the Crown of Swords.
    And for some reason, men and women who told the tales often found a need to add almost identical words. The storm is coming, they said, staring southward in worry. The storm is coming. » (p740)


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Book n°6 - A Crown of Swords
 
«  The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that becomes legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose among brown-thicketed hills in Cairhien. The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of Time. But it was a beginning. » (p73)

«  Demandred knelt in the Pit of Doom, and for once he did not care that Shaidar Haran watched his trembling with that eyeless, impassive gaze. Have I not done well, Great Lord ?
    The Great Lord's laughter filled Demandred's head. » (p986)


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