#earthsea

It's a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you've been to all the places you don't need to be. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#fantasy #inspirational #magic #inspirational

If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?...I mean, men give her [a queen] power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#equality #feminism #men #power #queen

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

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#childhood #coming-of-age #earthsea #age