But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord."
"It might to keep it open.
Tags: fear power diplomacy authority
He was appalled by the examination system, when it was explained to him, he could not imagine a greater detterent to the natural wish to learn than this pattern of cramming in information and disgorging it on demand.
Ursula K. Le GuinLiving, being in the world, was a much greater and stranger thing than she had ever dreamed.
Ursula K. Le GuinFrom that time forth he believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, and in later years he strove long to learn what can be learned, in silence, from the eyes of animals, the flight of birds, the great slow gestures of trees.
Ursula K. Le GuinBütün duvarlar gibi iki anlamlı, iki yüzlüydü. Neyin içeride, neyin dışarıda olduğu, duvarın hangi yanından baktığınıza bağlıydı.
Ursula K. Le GuinI write with all my heart
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: writing
I believe that all novels, ... deal with character, and that it is to express character – not to preach doctrines, sing songs, or celebrate the glories of the British Empire, that the form of the novel, so clumsy, verbose, and undramatic, so rich, elastic, and alive, has been evolved ... The great novelists have brought us to see whatever they wish us to see through some character. Otherwise they would not be novelists, but poet, historians, or pamphleteers.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: writers character novelists british-empire leguin
They praised his modesty and did not listen to him, for listening is a rare gift, and men will have their heroes.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: listening
A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The Athshean word for world is also the word for forest.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: world word ecology forest alien
But need alone is not enough to set power free: there must be knowledge.
Ursula K. Le GuinTags: knowledge
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