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The artist deals with 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
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Ursula K. Le Guin
Age: 88 †
Born: 1929
Born: October 21
Died: 2018
Died: January 22
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There's seldom as much hurry as I used to think there was.
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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.
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Besides, when you say you're a feminist it annoys the bigots and the old farts and the prissy ladies so much, it's kind of irresistible.
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Life goes on, even if two-headed and glowing faintly in the dark.
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Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.
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The same old hypocrisy. Life is a fight, and the strongest wins. All civilization does is hide the blood and cover up the hate with pretty words!
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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.
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No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.
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The law of evolution is that the strongest survives.
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It is useless work that darkens the heart.
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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.
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Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it.
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In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood.
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