Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes about Giving

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Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it's the readers who build that world in their own minds.

Readers, after all, are making the world with you. You give them the materials, but it's the readers who build that world in their own minds.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Writing, Giving, Empathy

Who knows a man's name, holds that man's life in his keeping. Thus to Ged, who had lost faith in himself, Vetch had given him that gift that only a friend can give, the proof of unshaken, unshakeable trust.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Men, Names, Giving

Ursula K. LeGuin (2015). “A Wizard of Earthsea: The First Book of Earthsea”, p.34, Hachette UK

It is a terrible thing, this kindess that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold, it is all we have. We who are so rich, so full of strength, we end up with that small change. We have nothing else to give.

Ursula K. Le Guin

Dark, Small Changes, Giving

Ursula K. Le Guin (2000). “The Left Hand of Darkness”, p.120, Penguin