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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.
Everyone
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Queen
Care
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Children
Queens
Even
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