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A man must know when to retreat from a woman, but a wise man knows that sometimes he must stand and face her.

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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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Woman
Sometimes
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Men
Retreat
Stand
Wise
Face

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Care for the living. I'll weep for the dead later. - Perrin Aybara
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No. Please do not name either child after me, Elayne. Let them live their own lives. My shadow will be long enough as it is.' -Rand
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