

“Continue, my dear friend. It is interesting for me to see this new Bond. Englishmen are so odd. They are like a nest of Chinese boxes. It takes a very long time to get to the centre of them. When one gets there the result is unrewarding, but the process is instructive and entertaining. Continue. Develop your arguments. There may be something I can use to my own chief the next time I want to get out of an unpleasant job.â€� He grinned maliciously. Bond ignored him.”
― Casino Royale
― Casino Royale

“Now, what is forbidden to the summoner, or any wizard, is to call a living spirit. We can call to them, yes. We can send to them a voice or a presentment, a seeming, of ourself. But we do not summon them, in spirit or in flesh, to come to us. Only the dead may we summon. Only the shadows. You can see why this must be. To summon a living man is to have entire power over him, body and mind. No one, no matter how strong or wise or great, can rightly own and use another.”
― Tales from Earthsea
― Tales from Earthsea

“You win battles with the timing in the Void born of the timing of cunning by knowing the enemiesâ€� timing, and thus using a timing which the enemy does not expect.”
― The Book of Five Rings
― The Book of Five Rings

“Master,â€� said Ged, “I cannot take your name from you, not being strong enough, and I cannot trick your name from you, not being wise enough. So I am content to stay here, and learn or serve, whatever you will: unless by chance you will answer a question I have.â€�
“Ask it.�
“What is your name?�
The doorkeeper smiled, and said his name; and Ged, repeating it, entered for the last time into that House.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“Ask it.�
“What is your name?�
The doorkeeper smiled, and said his name; and Ged, repeating it, entered for the last time into that House.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
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