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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.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Ursula K. Le Guin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1929
Born: October 21
Died: 2018
Died: January 22
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Feminist
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Berkeley
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To exhibit the perfect uselessness of knowing the answer to the wrong question.
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If it were proven that there is no God there would be no religion. ...But also if it were proven that there is a God, there would be no religion.
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A wrong that cannot be repaired must be transcended.
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Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art - the art of words.
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When action grows unprofitable, gather information when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
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This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.
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