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“The first lesson on Roke, and the last is, Do what is needful! And no more.”
“The lessons in between, then, must consist in learning what is needful.”
“They do.”
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Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Ged and Arren)

 

Ursula K. Le Guin

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