Ursula K. Le Guin
American · 1929–2018
American novelist who elevated science fiction and fantasy into profound explorations of society, gender, and human nature.
Wikipedia ↗“To light a candle is to cast a shadow.”
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A Wizard of Earthsea ↗ (1968)
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.”
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The Left Hand of Darkness ↗ (1969)
“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
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The Left Hand of Darkness ↗ (1969)
“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.”
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The Dispossessed ↗ (1974)
“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings.”
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