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

> What goes too long unchanged destroys itself.

- 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: 236
- 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/what-goes-too

## 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)