# Quote — Ursula K. Le Guin, Tales from Earthsea

> Obsessed with tricking the girl, he had fallen into the trap he laid for her. Bitterly he recognised that he was always believing his own lies, caught in nets he had elaborately woven.

- Author: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin.md)
- Book: [Tales from Earthsea](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/tales-from-earthsea.md)
- Page: 211
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#Tales_from_Earthsea_(2001)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/tales-from-earthsea/obsessed-with-tricking

## More from this book

> She knew it, but she did not want to know it.

p. 233 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/tales-from-earthsea/she-knew-it-but.md)

> Injustice makes the rules, and courage breaks them.

p. 201 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/tales-from-earthsea/injustice-makes-the.md)

> There’s no way to use power for good.

p. 42 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/tales-from-earthsea/theres-no-way.md)