“Fear cuts deeper than swords.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the fountain, and the shape of the clouds, and the beginning and end of the wind that stirred the leaves; it seemed to him that he himself was a word spoken by the sunlight.”
― 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
“... a mind needs books as a sword needs a whetstone, if it is to keep its edge.”
― A Game of Thrones
― A Game of Thrones
“Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.”
― The Tombs of Atuan
― The Tombs of Atuan
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