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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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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.
Staying
Usually
Pretty
Alive
Remember
Good
Counts
Time
Failed
Hardly

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Dovie'andi se tovya sagain!
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Take what you want, and pay for it.
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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There was a wild light in his eyes. Bring your lightnings, Aes Sedai. I will dance with them.
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