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she was quiet-voiced and even-tempered, having learned the uselessness of impatience in the work that must be done.

Well, we’re reaching the endgame for Earthsea as we knew it. These stories were fantastic and were telling more of a single narrative than they initially appeared to be. Really wonderful stuff.

that's why we're called the Hand, or the women of the Hand, though we're not women only. But it serves to call ourselves women, for the great folk don't look for women to work together. Or to have thoughts about such things as rule or misrule. Or to have any powers.

«We can't do anything without each other,» he said. «But it's the greedy ones, the cruel ones who hold together and strengthen each other. And those who won't join them stand each alone.»