You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared, ' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing, ' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised.

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.

No man, no power, can bind the action of wizardry or still the words of power. For they are the very words of Making, and one who could silence them could unmake the world.

She'll die.' 'Aye. That's a consequence of being alive.

Death and life are the same thing-like the two sides of my hand, the palm and the back. And still the palm and the back are not the same...They can be neither separated, nor mixed.

I use your love as a man burns a candle, burns it away, to light his steps.

Stealthily the stars slid forward into nothingness.

Would you give up the craft of your hands, and the passion of your heart, and the hunger of your mind, to buy safety?

If the rowan's roots are shallow, it bears no crown.

There must be darkness to see the stars.

So Jesus in the throes of his Passion is an image of hope: God is on the side of those who suffer.

If you remain in a positive spiral, you will always learn something new to reach your goals.

Will was not without his intentions to be always generous, but our tongues are little triggers which have usually been pulled before general intentions can be brought to bear.

An ounce of performance is worth more than a pound of preachment.

There isn't a story written that isn't about blood and money. People and their relationship to each other is the blood, the family. And how they live, the money of it.

We approach people the same way we approach our cars. We take the poor kid to a doctor and ask, "What's wrong with him, how much will it cost, and when can I pick him up?"

The best thing to do, if you really want to be good, is drink vodka all day, from the second you get up to the second they say, "Cut!"

The pilot cannot mitigate the billows or calm the winds.

To me, hip hop will never be right until female rappers have a stronger voice in it.

I am to gratify his pleasure and nurse his child, I am a piece of household furniture, I am a woman.