“We are alike in many ways, you and I. There is a darkness in us. Darkness, pain, death. They radiate from us. If ever you love a woman, Rand, leave her and let her find another. It will be the best gift you can give her.”

—  Robert Jordan

al'Lan Mandragoran to Rand al'Thor
(15 October 1993)

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