[T]his old man, for fear and wonder of his wizardry, would have given the boat to Ged. But Ged paid him for it in sorcerer’s kind, healing his eyes of the cataracts that were in the way of blinding him. Then the old man, rejoicing, said to him, "We called the boat Sanderling, but do you call her Lookfar, and paint eyes aside her prow, and my thanks will look out of that blind wood for you and keep you from rock and reef. For I had forgotten how much light there is in the world, till you gave it back to me."
A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula K. Le Guin
I finally, finally read this book after like, literally decades of meaning to get around to it. I do wish it had helped to shape me as a kid but it was still such an incredible, special read as an adult. Le Guin was really just such an incredible writer, able to capture the ways that small human moments reflect and construct the cultures they happen within. I can't wait to read the rest of these (and honestly everything else she ever wrote).
