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“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Coraline
― Coraline
“But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“A rock is a good thing, too, you know. If the Isles of Earthsea were all made of diamond, we'd lead a hard life here. Enjoy the illusions, lad, and let the rocks be rocks.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything. So I thought, once. So did we all. And the truth is that as a man's real power grows and his knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower: until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholly what he must do. . . .”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
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