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If you just keep moving, you will come to a better place.
— Avatar: The Last Airbender · 2005
Behind the line
What it means
Our interpretation.
Iroh is better at metaphor than answers, and this is his best: no promise that things will work out, only that the dark passage ends if you keep walking. Fans quote it to friends in rough patches, and it sits on mugs and wall art. It also points ahead, since Iroh has just given the comfort that Aang and Zuko will both need within minutes.
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In context
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In "The Crossroads of Destiny", the Book Two finale (2006), Aang and Iroh descend through a tunnel into the Crystal Catacombs beneath Ba Sing Se, hunting for Katara and Zuko while Azula's coup unfolds above. Aang, bending the rock out of the way and Iroh lighting the dark with a small flame, admits he turned down the guru's path to the Avatar State because it meant letting go of Katara. He asks what happens if he is not strong enough. Iroh says he doesn't know, but compares life to this dark tunnel.
Sources (2)
- Avatar Wiki, Transcript:The Crossroads of DestinyAang and Iroh in the tunnel to the CatacombsReference checked
- Avatar Wiki, The Crossroads of Destinyepisode infoboxReference checked
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