You thought, as a boy, that a mage is one who can do anything.

So I thought once. So did we all. And the truth is that as a man's

knowledge widens, ever the way he can follow grows narrower; until at last he chooses nothing, but does only and wholely what he must do...

– Ursula K. Le Guin "A Wizard of Earthsea"

"With a sigh you turn away

With a deepening heart

No more words to say

You will find that the world has changed

Forever.

And the trees are now

Turning from green to gold

And the sun is now fading

I wish I could hold you

Closer."