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Ursula K Le Guin Quotes

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve Picture Quote #1

Those were men in whom great strength and knowledge served the will to evil and fed upon it. Whether the wizardry that serves a better end may always prove the stronger, we do not know. We hope Picture Quote #1

What harm have the trees done them? He said. Must they punish the grass for their own faults? Men are savages, who would set a land afire because they have a quarrel with other men Picture Quote #1

He knew that 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

How could anybody think this man was sick? All right, so he had funny dreams. That was better than being plain mean and hateful, like about one quarter of the people she had ever met Picture Quote #1

But maybe you’re just as glad he’s not a shrink, eh? Awful to have your spouse analyzing your unconscious desires across the dinner table, eh? Picture Quote #1

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I haven’t any strength, I haven’t any character, I’m a born tool. I haven’t any destiny. all I have is dreams. and now other people run them Picture Quote #1

The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense Picture Quote #1

I was utterly miserable, and yet fearless as I had never been. I was carefree. It was like dying. It would be foolish to worry about anything while one died Picture Quote #1

I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism. Infant girls could teach it to them Picture Quote #1

You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act Picture Quote #1

He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safer for children to grow up in Picture Quote #1

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Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance Picture Quote #1

We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become Picture Quote #1

Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way Picture Quote #1

... If at moments the facts seem to alter with an altered voice, why then you can choose the fact you like best; yet none of them are false, and it is all one story Picture Quote #1

Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books Picture Quote #1

To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road Picture Quote #1

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There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories Picture Quote #1

To see that your life is a story while you’re in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well Picture Quote #1

The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny Picture Quote #1

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do Picture Quote #1

In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand Picture Quote #1

I never knew anybody... who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details Picture Quote #1

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You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere Picture Quote #1

At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence Picture Quote #1

If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you’re fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book Picture Quote #1

We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night Picture Quote #1

And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content Picture Quote #1

A scientist can pretend that his work isn’t himself, it’s merely the impersonal truth. An artist can’t hide behind the truth. He can’t hide anywhere Picture Quote #1

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So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Those were men in whom great strength and knowledge served the will to evil and fed upon it. Whether the wizardry that serves a better end may always prove the stronger, we do not know. We hope (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) What harm have the trees done them? He said. Must they punish the grass for their own faults? Men are savages, who would set a land afire because they have a quarrel with other men (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) He knew that 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) How could anybody think this man was sick? All right, so he had funny dreams. That was better than being plain mean and hateful, like about one quarter of the people she had ever met (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) But maybe you’re just as glad he’s not a shrink, eh? Awful to have your spouse analyzing your unconscious desires across the dinner table, eh? (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I haven’t any strength, I haven’t any character, I’m a born tool. I haven’t any destiny. all I have is dreams. and now other people run them (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I was utterly miserable, and yet fearless as I had never been. I was carefree. It was like dying. It would be foolish to worry about anything while one died (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I can never get used to the fact, though I know it, that women are born cynics. Men have to learn cynicism. Infant girls could teach it to them (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safer for children to grow up in (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Do nothing because it is righteous or praiseworthy or noble to do so; do nothing because it seems good to do so; do only that which you must do and which you cannot do in any other way (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) ... If at moments the facts seem to alter with an altered voice, why then you can choose the fact you like best; yet none of them are false, and it is all one story (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Children know perfectly well that unicorns aren’t real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) To oppose something is to maintain it... You must go somewhere else; you must have another goal; then you walk a different road (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) To see that your life is a story while you’re in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The use of imaginative fiction is to deepen your understanding of your world, and your fellow men, and your own feelings, and your destiny (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) I never knew anybody... who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) At this point, realism is perhaps the least adequate means of understanding or portraying the incredible realities of our existence (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) If a book told you something when you were fifteen, it will tell you it again when you’re fifty, though you may understand it so differently that it seems you’re reading a whole new book (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) We like to think we live in daylight, but half the world is always dark, and fantasy, like poetry, speaks the language of the night (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) And though I came to forget or regret all I have ever done, yet would I remember that once I saw the dragons aloft on the wind at sunset above the western isles; and I would be content (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) A scientist can pretend that his work isn’t himself, it’s merely the impersonal truth. An artist can’t hide behind the truth. He can’t hide anywhere (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes)

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