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Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes - Page 7

No matter how intelligent a man is, he can't see what he doesn't know how to see.

Ursula K. LeGuin (2015). “The Dispossessed”, p.61, Hachette UK

Ignorant power is a bane!

Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “Tales from Earthsea”, p.88, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite till the blood runs, hoping it's not poison.

Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.30, Grove Press

It is not human to be without shame and without desire.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.124, Penguin

There is no information about corporations. There is only disinformation.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2014). “Changing Planes: Stories”, p.145, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant.

Ursula K. Le Guin, Susan Wood (1980). “The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction”, p.42, Ultramarine Publishing

I never knew anybody . . . who found life simple. I think a life or a time looks simple when you leave out the details.

Ursula K. LeGuin (2014). “The Unreal and the Real Volume 2: Selected Stories of Ursula K. Le Guin: Outer Space & Inner Lands”, p.147, Hachette UK

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.103, Grove Press

I do not care what comes after; I have seen the dragons on the wind of morning.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2004). “The Farthest Shore: Book Three”, p.193, Simon and Schuster

A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.170, Penguin

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.

Ursula K. Le Guin (1997). “Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places”, p.143, Grove Press

To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.

Ursula K. LeGuin (2015). “The Dispossessed”, p.63, Hachette UK

One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.28, Penguin

The old knowledge had been difficult but not distressing. It had been all paradox and myth, and it had made sense. The new knowledge was all fact and reason, and it made no sense.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2016). “The Found and the Lost: The Collected Novellas of Ursula K. Le Guin”, p.287, Simon and Schuster

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

Ursula K. Le Guin (2012). “A Wizard of Earthsea”, p.141, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt