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Ursula K. LeGuin was a 20th-century American author. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author. She is best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Read more on Wikipedia →

Themes

  • Knowledge — The pursuit of learning, understanding, and intellectual growth

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“To oppose something is to maintain it.”
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“You must not change one thing one pebble one grain of sand until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.”
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“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent intolerable uncertainty not knowing what comes next.”
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“Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.”
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“My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.”
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“Love doesn't just sit there like a stone it has to be made like bread remade all the time made new.”
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