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The best lie is often one too ridiculous to be taken for a lie.

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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.
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Wot
Ridiculous
Taken
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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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Almost dead yesterday, maybe dead tomorrow, but alive, gloriously alive, today. -- Mat Cauthon
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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.
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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 cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.
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