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Ursula K Le Guin Quotes

Dreams take short cuts Picture Quote #1

Greed puts out the sun Picture Quote #1

There’s no way to use power for good Picture Quote #1

There’s seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was Picture Quote #1

Alone, no one wins freedom Picture Quote #1

You cannot blame everything on the enemy Picture Quote #1

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There are times when you have to speak because silence is betrayal Picture Quote #1

It is hard to swear when sex is not dirty and blasphemy does not exist Picture Quote #1

Prose writers are interested mostly in life and commas Picture Quote #1

First sentences are doors to worlds Picture Quote #1

Belief in the lie is the life of the lie Picture Quote #1

No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars Picture Quote #1

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Paradise is for those who make paradise Picture Quote #1

If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that Picture Quote #1

Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new Picture Quote #1

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next Picture Quote #1

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story Picture Quote #1

In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void Picture Quote #1

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The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so Picture Quote #1

The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words Picture Quote #1

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth Picture Quote #1

To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention Picture Quote #1

The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review Picture Quote #1

Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol twisted aside, and the lie come to be Picture Quote #1

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He liked the vast openness of sky and prairie, and found loneliness a pleasure with so immense a domain to be alone in Picture Quote #1

It seemed, at least, that they had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies Picture Quote #1

They prevented men from doing anything. But they did nothing themselves. They did not rule, they only blighted Picture Quote #1

He had almost yielded, but not quite. He had not consented. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul Picture Quote #1

I was in too much haste, and now have no time left. I traded all the sunlight and the cities and the distant lands for a handful of power, for a shadow, for the dark Picture Quote #1

Summon up a supper, he said. Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before Picture Quote #1

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Dreams take short cuts (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Greed puts out the sun (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) There’s no way to use power for good (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) There’s seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Alone, no one wins freedom (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) You cannot blame everything on the enemy (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) There are times when you have to speak because silence is betrayal (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) It is hard to swear when sex is not dirty and blasphemy does not exist (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Prose writers are interested mostly in life and commas (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) First sentences are doors to worlds (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Belief in the lie is the life of the lie (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Paradise is for those who make paradise (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Love does not just sit there, like a stone; it had to be made, like bread, remade all the time, made new (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The notion that a story has a message assumes that it can be reduced to a few abstract words, neatly summarized in a school or college examination paper or a brisk critical review (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol twisted aside, and the lie come to be (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) He liked the vast openness of sky and prairie, and found loneliness a pleasure with so immense a domain to be alone in (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) It seemed, at least, that they had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) They prevented men from doing anything. But they did nothing themselves. They did not rule, they only blighted (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) He had almost yielded, but not quite. He had not consented. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I was in too much haste, and now have no time left. I traded all the sunlight and the cities and the distant lands for a handful of power, for a shadow, for the dark (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Summon up a supper, he said. Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes)

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