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But men often mistake killing and revenge for justice. They seldom have the stomach for justice.

Robert Jordan

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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
Author
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
Seldom
Stomach
Revenge
Killing
Mistake
Justice
Often
Men

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You trouble me so, Rand al'Thor. Light, sometimes I think the Creator made you just to trouble me.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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You're welcome in my house when this is over. We'll open a cask of Master al'Vere's best brandy. We'll remember those who fell, and we'll tell our children how we stood when the clouds turned black and the world started to die. We'll tell them we stood shoulder to shoulder, and there was just no space for the Shadow to squeeze through.
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The lions sing and the hills take flight. The moon by day, and the sun by night. Blind woman, deaf man, jackdaw fool. Let the Lord of Chaos rule.
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