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Young men and fools sometimes bear pain they do not have to as a badge of their pride. Or their foolishness.

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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.
Young
Badges
Sometimes
Foolishness
Men
Fools
Bear
Bears
Pride
Fool
Pain
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