“Men," Thom murmured. "Men who shook the pillars of heaven and rocked the world on its
foundations." He shook his head. "It doesn't matter. Forget about them. They are dust now.”

—  Robert Jordan, book The Eye of the World

Source: The Eye of the World

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American writer 1948–2007

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