# Quote — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

> They had learned how to listen for the sense of the meeting, not the voice of the loudest. They had learned that they must judge each time whether obedience was necessary and right, or misplaced and wrong. They had learned that the act of violence is the act of weakness, and that the spirit’s strength lies in holding fast to the truth.

- Author: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin.md)
- Book: [The Eye of the Heron](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron.md)
- Page: 53
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron/they-had-learned

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> Nobody had made this wilderness, and there was no evil in it and no good; it simply was.

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> In the self-important, Falco reflected, there is always room for a little more self-importance.

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> Why should he remember her? Why should she remember him? She had other things to think about. She was a grown woman. She had to face life. Even if all life had to show her was a locked door, and behind the locked door, no room.

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