"Tales from Earthsea" Quotes

It is no shame to be beaten by the wind, madam. The wind is very strong.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger.

When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.

To speak a name is to make it come alive.

Better a little caution than a great regret.

True names can never be spoken aloud. That's the first rule.

We are all bound together, the living and the dead, by invisible threads.

Fear is the enemy of logic. There is no more debilitating, crushing, self-defeating, sickening thing in the world— to an ordinary man.

In silence, the truth sinks in and takes hold.

The wise man knows that nothing is worth doing unless it is done for the sake of doing it.