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Kill a man who needs killing, and sometimes others pay for it. The question is, was it worth doing it anyway? There's always a balance, you know. Good and evil. Light and Shadow. We would not be human if there wasn't a balance.

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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
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There are no clear paths. Only pitfalls and tripwires and darkness.
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Think if you want to stay alive. Fear will kill you if you don't control it.
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A woman's eyes cut deeper than a knife.
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Anyone who claimed that old age had brought them patience was either lying or senile.
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Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes.
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The Black Tower stands with the Lion of Andor. -Logain
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
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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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