He was hoping his father had not noticed he was afraid when Tam said, “Remember the flame, lad, and the void.”
It was an odd thing Tam had taught him. 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.
— Tam al'Thor to Rand al'Thor. Chapter 1, The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time). Robert Jordan.


















