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Even a queen stubs her toe, but a wise woman watches the path.
Robert Jordan
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Robert Jordan
Age: 58 †
Born: 1948
Born: October 17
Died: 2007
Died: September 16
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Military Officer
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Science Fiction Writer
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Charleston
South Carolina
James Oliver Rigney
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hope is like a piece of string when you’re drowning it just isn’t enough to get you out by itself.
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We are always more afraid than we wish to be, but we can always be braver than we expect.
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