The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1)

by Robert Jordan

Concentrate on a single flame and feed all your passions into it—fear, hate, anger—until your mind became empty. Become one with the void, Tam said, and you could do anything.

In stories leaders seldom flinched, and they were never bullied. But, he reflected, they never had to deal with Egwene, either.

“Advice! Nobody tells us how to be men. We just are.” “That,” Egwene said, “is probably why you make such a bad job of it.” Up ahead, Elyas cackled loudly.