Dear Harriet and Wilson,

I am so sorry for your loss. My thoughts & prayers are with you. Much love to you both and to all RJ's family.

He lived his life well and touched the lives of so many others... He was extraordinary.

Love,

Manuela

The gleeman has put down his harp and hung up his cloak. May he rest peacefully until the Wheel blesses us by spinning him out again. My heart grieves for the storyteller who soared above all and left even Tolkien in his shadow. It pains me that AMOL will not be 100% from his pen alone but I know that it will be done justice. But even such a thought seems horribly selfish on my behalf when his family has lost the source of such Light. My deepest condolences to those who had the honour of calling him family and friend.

Tai’shar James Oliver Rigney.

the only thing i can even think of to express my sorrow

at the passing of this amazing & wonderful man is this:

WHEN I DIE, AS MY LIFE FLASHES, YOU'LL BE TATTOOED ON MY ASHES.

farewell, dragon, may you rest in peace & quiet :)

love, elena

say hello to everyone in happy place Robert

Oh how we have lost a wonderful person. Harriet and family: we grieve with you. He touched so many lives and will continue to do so with his books. There has never been, nor there ever will be, another like him. It feels like I have lost a friend. There are no words that I can truly express the loss I feel. My thoughts and prayers are with all of you. Keep strong, hold together, love each other. Your other "family" are thinking of you

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I've read the blogs since they started, but I've rarely, if ever, posted anything. I just want to say that I am mostly touched by Wilson's testimony that God does exist. I am saddened by Mr. Rigney's passing, but I too know that he is in a better place, and that his family will see him again. It is hard to believe, but good to know that God is ultimately in charge.

My thanks and condolences to the Jordan family. Your courage and fight will be remembered for a long time by any who witnessed it.

May he find peace until next he is spun from the Pattern.

I am stunned. Something within me died with you, RJ. You were truly an inspiration to all of us and I know I speak for everyone when I say that I hope you're in a better place. You led a legion of fans with your writing, and we will never forget you. Even though you may be gone from us, you will live on in our hearts.

When my grandmother passed away from amyloidosis, I read this poem at her funeral.

Henry von Dyke, 'A Parable of Immortality'

"I am standing upon the seashore. A ship at my side spreads her white sails to the morning breeze and starts for the blue ocean. She is an object of beauty and strength, and I stand and watch until at last she hangs like a speck of white cloud just where the sea and sky come down to mingle with each other. Then someone at my side says, 'There she goes!'

Gone where? Gone from my sight ... that is all. She is just as large in mast and hull and spar as she was when she left my side and just as able to bear her load of living freight to the place of destination. Her diminished size is in me, not in her. And just at the moment when someone at my side says, 'There she goes!' there are other eyes watching her coming and their voices ready to take up the glad shouts 'Here she comes!'"

We know you have people waiting and watching for you where you're going, RJ, and although you are gone from us, you are just arriving to all of those people waiting.

From a devoted fan on behalf of all others

I first started reading your seriesback in the summer of 05 my mom kept telling to read but i hated reading then one day i went to the library and saw TEoTW and decided what the heck i liked dragons and fantasy so i started reading it i had to go back two days later to get the second book my mom had to tell me to stop reading so much and do other stuff you got me hooked on reading so much that i want to write a book and i started one to ty for give me the imagination to write and taking me to another world when and if i ever write one i will dedicate it to you cause of the inspriration to read and write. Goodbye old friend may the Creator's hand shelter you. And Godspeed

To Harriet my sincere condolences to you he was a great man with a great mind. I wish i could have met him and you. Well he is in good hands now. Thank you and R.I.P. RJ

my deepest condolences...the dragon will be greatly missed.

Rest in peace RJ. You will always be an insiration to me. May the last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

My prayers and condolences go out to Harriet and the Rigney family.

I can't express the joy that RJ's work has brought me over the years.

I'm that to know him was to know greatness.

RJ will be incredibly missed.

Rick

Thank you for giving us such an amazing world to immerse ourselves into. You will be missed. To Harriet, Wilson and all his loved ones, God bless you. You are all in my prayers.

Similar to Hugh's comments above, RJ through his work has been a significant part of my life for nigh on 12 years now and I am deeply saddened to hear of his passing. Ta'veren in his own way, RJ has touched the lives of thousands of people with his eloquence.

Thank you Mr Jordan for sharing your stories with us.

James, England.

My sympathies to Harriet, Wilson, and the rest of the family. May your memories sustain you, and the legend never fade. Godspeed the day when he is spun out upon this earth once more.

dzieki za wielki cykl . wyrazy cierpienia. poland

It may seem strange to read this as it doesn't directly contain my condolences (those are above in another post) but it occurred to me that I hadn't previously mentioned something important, at least to me and, I guess, a lot of other fans. I first started reading the Wheel of Time when I was 15 or 16 (and I'm now 32). Despite all the changes in my life during that time, the process of maturation, falling ill, losing somebody close, relationships starting and relationships ending, all the usual things that can occur over the course of 16 or 17 years. And yet JR/RJ's WoT remained a constant in my life, a work to be read each year, a work to discover something new in every time it was read and something to look forward to, to see how the story would unfold.

The blog and the unfolding story of JR/RJ's works and illness kept a hungry and caring audience apprised of what was going on in a way that would be unimaginable for other authors, or even celebrities, and in many ways meant that the fans felt closer to JR than would otherwise have been the case, and the hope of JR beating the illness, sadly ended, expressed by the fanbase was something that was truly awe-inspiring to see. JR/RJ's works may have attracted their share of critiscm, justly or unjustly, but the overall scope of his work was magnificent and I think it can be truly said that JR/RJ was both an author and a man who only comes once a generation and a loss that will be both subtle and terrible, especially for his family but also for the world as a whole.

James

The world has lost a great person today. We have too few.

The last embrace of the mother welcome you home.

Rest in peace Robert Jordan. Thank you for your wonderful stories and unforgetable characters. You will be missed.

I feel like a part of me died as well today. I have been reading his stories since the day they were first published and although I am sad that RJ had to pass on, at the same time I am happy that he was a man of faith and knew that he was only going on to something better.

Based on his faith and mine I am happy for him, but sad for us. I will miss knowing that every couple of years or so I could look forward to sitting down with one of his books and continuing the journey.

My best wishes and prayers to his family and friends.

Sam King

(Kyote Weregard)

My deepest condolences. I would suspect he'd consider this to be another begining, not an ending.

We've lost one of the greatest authors of our time. I believe greater than Tolken....

My condolences to all who loved him, myself included. He will forever be a memory of light to me.

taf

I just read that Robert Jordan is dead, and I was shocked. Very sad, I really loved his Wheel of Time universe. May he rest in peace, this fantastic author.

R.I.P. Robert Jordan, one of the greatest authors that ever lived. Your memory lives on in our hearts.

"The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth, and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth comes again. In one Age, called the Third Age by some, an Age yet to come, an Age long past, a wind rose.... The wind was not the beginning. There are neither beginnings nor endings to the turning of the Wheel of time. But it was a beginning."

Robert Jordan's death isn't the end. But it's an end. A very sad one.

Envío desde España mis más sinceras y tristes condolencias.

Gracias, Robert Jordan, por compartir tus sueños con el mundo. Ojalá continues escribiendo para Dios en el Otro lado. Continuaré leyendo tus historias cuando me llegue el momento.

Gracias, Harriet, por tu entrega, amor y sacrificio. Robert Jordan pudo irse hacia Dios contando con tu inestimable y cariñosa presencia, que nunca le faltó. Mereces lo mejor. Ãnimo y fuerza, sé valiente, porque me consta que RJ te vigila y te protege.

Gracias, Wilson, por estar ahí cuando se te necesitaba.

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