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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.

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.
Take
Moon
Fourth
Children
Fool
Hills
Men
Heard
Flight
Games
Chaos
Lord
Sing
Age
Rule
Woman
Blind
Deaf
Night
Sun
Lions

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