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Sometimes six and six make a dozen, and sometimes they make a mess

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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.
Dozen
Mess
Six
Sometimes
Make

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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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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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Pessimism, she is a fond friend of yours, yes? - That's uncalled for. I barely know her. Mere acquaintances, at best.
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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 wheel of a man's life. No mercy. No pity.
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You have made a place in my heart where I thought there was no room for anything else. You have made flowers grow where I cultivated dust and stones. Remember this, on this journey you insist on making. If you die, I will not survive you long.
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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