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Perrin, my father says a general can take care of the living or weep for the dead, but he cannot do both.
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
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
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