The Tombs of Atuan (Earthsea Cycle, #2)

by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Alone, no one wins freedom.

Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward toward the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.