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The end is near, Moridin said. The Wheel has groaned its final rotation, the clock has lost its spring, the serpent heaves its final gasps.

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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.
Clock
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Near
Groaned
Spring
Rotation
Lost
Serpent
Ends
Wheel
Wheels
Final
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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Even fools say something worthwhile now and again. Even a blind pig finds an acorn sometimes.
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It has been quite a weight, hasn't it? Tam asked. What weight? Rand replied. That lost hand you've been carrying. Rand looked down at his stump. Yes. I believe it has been at that.
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She’s not for you, nor you for her at least, not in the way you both want.
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Men forget, but never forgive women forgive, but never forget.
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No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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