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In the Borderlands, sheepherder, if a man has the raising of a child, that child is his, and none can say different.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?
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It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.
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