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"And he began to see the truth, that Ged had neither lost nor won but, naming the shadow of his death with his own name, had made himself whole: a man: who, knowing his whole true self, cannot be used or possessed by any power other than himself, and whose life therefore is lived for life's sake and never in service of ruin, or pain, or hatred, or the dark."

Take *that* Jordan Peterson.

"Ged stood still a while, like one who has received great news, and must enlarge his spirit to receive it. It was a great gift Vetch had given him, the knowledge of his true name.... Thus to Ged, who had lost faith in himself, Vetch had given that gift only a friend can give, the proof of unshaken, unshakeable trust."