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You have to understand, child. Everyone wants someone in their life, someone who cares for them, someone they can care for. Even a queen.

Robert Jordan

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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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Everyone
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I will hate the man you choose because he isn't me, and love him if he makes you smile.
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The leaf lives its appointed time, and does not struggle against the wind that carries it away. The leaf does no harm, and finally falls to nourish new leaves. So it should be with all men and women.
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I grew up around strong women weak men were pickled and salted. The women wouldn't waste time raising a weak boy.
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Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time.
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When the honey's out of the comb, there's no putting it back.
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Yes, I'm alive, Mat said. I'm usually pretty good at staying alive. I've only failed one time that I can remember, and it hardly counts.
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One pretty woman means fun at the dance. Two pretty women means trouble in the house. Three pretty women means run at the hills.
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I had long wondered, Lan said to Tam. About the man who had given Rand that heron-marked blade. I wondered if he had truly earned it. Now I know. Lan raised his own sword in salute.
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