A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ged thought her very ugly, but he had a desire to please her, to win her admiration, that grew on him as they talked.

Wowwwwwwwwwww ok Ged

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light?

But you must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard’s power of Changing and of Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power. It is most perilous. It must follow knowledge, and serve need. To light a candle is to cast a shadow . . .”