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Men! Too blind to see what a stone could see, and too stubborn to be trusted to think for themselves.

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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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Stones
Blind
Men
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On the heights, all paths are paved with daggers. -Old Seanchan saying
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