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Ursula K Le Guin Quotes

This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain Picture Quote #1

The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts Picture Quote #1

He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he had begun Picture Quote #1

No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression Picture Quote #1

We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn’t an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer Picture Quote #1

Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together Picture Quote #1

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Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a man is having. Either owning or being owned Picture Quote #1

You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change Picture Quote #1

You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes – the walls, the walls! Picture Quote #1

The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else Picture Quote #1

It’s a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you’ve been to all the places you don’t need to be Picture Quote #1

Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten Picture Quote #1

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Oh, never and forever aren’t for mortals, love. But we won’t be parted till I know it’s right that we part Picture Quote #1

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt Picture Quote #1

But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to be won again Picture Quote #1

The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile Picture Quote #1

There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities Picture Quote #1

Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can’t understand that they end in him, but they don’t end with him Picture Quote #1

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To break a promise is to deny the reality of the past. Therefore it is to deny the hope of a real future Picture Quote #1

The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little Picture Quote #1

All knowledge is partial, infinitesimally partial. Reason is a net thrown out into an ocean. What truth it brings in is a fragment, a glimpse, a scintillation of the whole truth Picture Quote #1

Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war Picture Quote #1

Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art Picture Quote #1

What’s needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people’s voices Picture Quote #1

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If you’re a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don’t censor, don’t control. Listen, and write Picture Quote #1

Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it’s the readers who build that world in their own minds Picture Quote #1

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness Picture Quote #1

Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I’m going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I’m going to unbuild walls Picture Quote #1

Love’s just one of the ways through, and it can go wrong, and miss. Pain never misses. But therefore we don’t have much choice about enduring it! We will, whether we want to or not Picture Quote #1

All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them Picture Quote #1

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This is the treason of the artist: a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The thing about working with time, instead of against it, he thought, is that it is not wasted. Even pain counts (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) He knew now, and the knowledge was hard, that his task had never been to undo what he had done, but to finish what he had begun (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) No, I don’t mean love, when I say patriotism. I mean fear. The fear of the other. And its expressions are political, not poetical: hate, rivalry, aggression (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) We decided that it was no good asking what is the meaning of life, because life isn’t an answer, life is the question, and you, yourself, are the answer (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Anyhow they’re always exceptions. But most women, their only relationship to a man is having. Either owning or being owned (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) You are all in jail. Each alone, solitary, with a heap of what he owns. You live in prison, die in prison. It is all I can see in your eyes – the walls, the walls! (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The fish in the creek said nothing. Fish never do. Few people know what fish think about injustice, or anything else (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) It’s a rare gift, to know where you need to be, before you’ve been to all the places you don’t need to be (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Oh, never and forever aren’t for mortals, love. But we won’t be parted till I know it’s right that we part (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to be won again (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) There’s a point, around the age of twenty, when you have to choose whether to be like everybody else the rest of your life, or to make a virtue of your peculiarities (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Stories are what death thinks he puts an end to. He can’t understand that they end in him, but they don’t end with him (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) To break a promise is to deny the reality of the past. Therefore it is to deny the hope of a real future (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) The important thing is not the finding, it is the seeking, it is the devotion with which one spins the wheel of prayer and scripture, discovering the truth little by little (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) All knowledge is partial, infinitesimally partial. Reason is a net thrown out into an ocean. What truth it brings in is a fragment, a glimpse, a scintillation of the whole truth (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Primitiveness and civilization are degrees of the same thing. If civilization has an opposite, it is war (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Skill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) What’s needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people’s voices (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) If you’re a fiction writer, though, I can tell you how to let people talk through you. Listen. Just be quiet, and listen. Let the character talk. Don’t censor, don’t control. Listen, and write (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it’s the readers who build that world in their own minds (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Those who build walls are their own prisoners. I’m going to go fulfill my proper function in the social organism. I’m going to unbuild walls (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) Love’s just one of the ways through, and it can go wrong, and miss. Pain never misses. But therefore we don’t have much choice about enduring it! We will, whether we want to or not (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes) All makers must leave room for the acts of the spirit. But they have to work hard and carefully, and wait patiently, to deserve them (Ursula K Le Guin Quotes)

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