“Who can give a man this, his own name?”

“Two things a man can give the woman he loves...his name and his protection...”

“A man who loses his privacy loses everything. And a man who gives it up of his own free will is a monster.”

“Who knows a man's name, holds that man's life in his keeping. Thus to Ged, who had lost faith in himself, Vetch had given him that gift that only a friend can give, the proof of unshaken, unshakeable trust.”

“The man who articulate the movements of his inner life, who can give names to his varied experiences, need no longer be a victim of himself, but is able slowly and consistently to remove the obstacles that prevent the spirit from entering. He is able to create space for Him who heart is greater than his, whose eyes see more than his, and whose hands can heal more than his.”

“What Comfort can the Vortices of Descartes give to a Man who has Whirlwinds in his bowels!”