"From the time an Aiel boy becomes a man he will not sing anything but battle chants, or their dirge for the slain. I have heard them singing over their dead, and over those they have killed. That song is one to make the stones weep."

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Source: Robert Jordan (2000). “The Eye of the World: Book One of 'The Wheel of Time'”, p.354, Macmillan

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Robert Jordan was an American author best known for his epic fantasy series 'The Wheel of Time', which intricately weaves themes of power and destiny.

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