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A cat for a hat, or a hat for a cat. But nothing for nothing.

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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.
Nothing
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Dance well with a woman, and she's halfway yours.
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Cheer the bull, or cheer the bear cheer both, and you will be trampled and eaten.
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What is too absurd to be believed is believed because it is too absurd to be a lie.
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Always leave a way out, unless you really want to find out how hard a man can fight when he’s nothing to lose.
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Sleep well and wake, Rand al'Thor.
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