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I always get what I want in the end. And I think I want...ornamental ironwork. For the windows of my bedchamber.

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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.
Thinking
Ornamental
Wot
Windows
Window
Ends
Always
Think

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Why, that's like being told to go up in the hills to find lions, only you do not know whether there are any lions, but if there are, they may be hunting you, and they may be disguised as bushes. Oh, and if you find any lions, try not to let them eat you before you can tell where they are. -Elayne
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Trust is as slippery as a basket of eels sometimes.
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If you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips.
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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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The best way to avoid trouble is to make sure no one wants to trouble you.
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