“And I know that all I understand about living is having your work to do, and being able to do it. That’s the pleasure, and the glory, and all. And if you can’t do the work, or it’s taken from you, then what’s any good? You have to have something….”

Source: Earthsea Books, Tehanu (1990), Chapter 8, "Hawks"

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