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You're not asking me to guess the mind of Matrim Cauthon, are you? Elayne asked. I'm convinced that Mat only acts simple so that people will let him get away with more.

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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
Writer
Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
Jr.
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People
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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
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If you can't hide what you are going to do, do it so everybody thinks you are a fool.
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If any of these women had been here instead of Nynaeve, the world would have ended.
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