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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
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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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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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