"A Wizard of Earthsea" Quotes

A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders.

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

To change is to die, and to change one's mind is to die many times.

It is not power, but the strength to control power, that is the bond of the wise.

It is only we, with our capacity to love, that give meaning to the indifferent universe.

He saw that in this dusty and fathomless matter of learning the true name of every place, thing, and being, the power to unmake and reshape was the power of the highest wizardry.

A shadow on the moon, by its own nature, cannot be seen.

If you do not seek the true deep heart of the world, you will be nothing but a sickly shadow of yourself.

It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together.

When you know the true name of a thing, you have mastery over it.