And yet many of us do it without families, Nynaeve said. Without love,…

Robert Jordan
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And yet many of us do it without families, Nynaeve said. Without love, without passion beyond our own particular interests. So even while we try to guide the world, we separate ourselves from it.We risk arrogance, Egwene. We always assume we know best, but risk making ourselves unable to fathom the people we claim to serve. ✨ Robert Jordan, Brandon Sanderson (2011). Towers of Midnight, p.312, Macmillan
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