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"Without trying, without thinking what she was doing, [Nynaeve] had put cracks in Lan's walls and seeded the cracks with creepers. Lan thought he was secure, imprisoned in his fortress by fate and his own wishes, but slowly, patiently, the creepers were tearing down the walls to bare the man within. Already he was sharing some of Nynaeve's loyalties; in the beginning he had been indifferent to the Emond's Field folk, except as people in whom Moiraine had some interest. Nynaeve had changed that as she had changed Lan. He had always said he was wedded with death. Now a new bride had captured his eyes, though he was blind to it. He thought he still stood strong behind his walls, but Nynaeve had laced bridal flowers in his hair. Would he still find himself able to court death so blithely?" - Moiraine's POV, 22: Watchers, The Great Hunt "She would have denied wearing the dress for Lan, Moiraine’s Warder - she would have if Egwene had dared make the suggestion - but green, blue and white seemed to be Lan’s favorite colors on women, and every dress that was not green, blue or white had vanished from Nynaeve’s wardrobe." - 5: Questioners, The Shadow Rising "Lan is old enough to be your father, that small voice murmured. I love Lan. If I can only reason out how to get him free of Moiraine.... That is not the matter at hand!" "[Lan] had long claimed that he had no heart. But he had found one this past year, found it when a woman tied it on a string to hang around her neck." - Moiraine's POV, 7: A Departure, The Fires of Heaven "Valan Luca was the source of her fury... but its target was Lan Mandragoran. Lan had never given her flowers. Not that that was of any account. He had expressed his feelings in words deeper and more heartfelt than Valan Luca could ever manage. She had meant every word to Luca, but if Lan said he was going to carry you off, threats would never stop him; channeling would not stop him unless you managed it before he turned your brain and your knees to jelly with kisses. Still, flowers would have been nice. Nicer than another explanation of why their love could never be, certainly. Men and their word! Men and their honor! Wedded to death, was he? Him and his personal war with the Shadow! He was going to live, he was going to wed her, and if he thought differently on either point, she intended to set him straight." - 48: Leavetakings, The Fires of Heaven (One of my favourite ever quotes - Shandy ; ) "It had been in good Two Rivers woolens that Lan had first seen her, and a simple embroidered dress that she had been wearing when he professed his love, but she wanted him to see her in gowns like this. It would not be indecent if he was the one seeing her.... If Lan saw her in that, he would not gabble that his love for her was hopeless and that he would not give her widow's weeds for a bridal gift. One glimpse, and his blood would catch fire. He would- "What under the Light is that you have on, Nynaeve?" Egwene asked in scandalized tones. ""Melaine had been at her last meeting here with Egwene, too, and taunted her about
Lan... had complimented Lan's shoulders, and his hands, and his eyes. What right did that green-eyed cat have to look at Lan's shoulders? Not that she had any doubts of his faithfulness. But he was a man, and far away from her, and Melaine was right there, and..."
"I've been behaving like a fool. It's that bloody man's fault! When he's not right in front of me, I can hardly think of anything else, and when he is, I can hardly think at all!"
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