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Always something new, always something I didn't expect, and sometimes it isn't horrible.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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Thank you, the young mother said again. Thank you. The Black Tower protects, Logain heard himself say. Always. I will send him to you to be tested when he is of age, the woman promised, holding her son. I would have him join you, if he has the talent. The talent. Not the curse. The talent.
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We rode on the winds of the rising storm, We ran to the sounds of the thunder. We danced among the lightning bolts, and tore the world asunder.
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Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
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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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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
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He is born again! I feel him! The Dragon takes his first breath on the slope of Dragonmount! He is coming! He is coming! Light help us! Light help the world! He lies in the snow and cries like the thunder! He burns like the sun!
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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.
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I can rest when I'm dead.
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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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It was easier to be brave when someone needed your protection.
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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 your ribs.
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