““I think you serve a great purpose, Hawkmoon. I think your destiny is a noble one.”
Hawkmoon laughed. “And yet I do not pine for a noble destiny—merely a secure one.””
The Sword of the Dawn (1968)
Source: Book 2, Chapter 11 “The Parting” (p. 380)
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