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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.
Wot
Windows
Window
Ends
Always
Think
Thinking
Ornamental

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