But by God sometimes you have to be able to think about the unthinkable!

Ursula K. Le Guin


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It is very seldom,” the young man said at last, “that dragons ask to do men favours.”
“But it is very common,” said the dragon, “for cats to play with mice before they kill them.

Ursula K. Le Guin


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There were actually very few men who could face reality when the going got tough.

Ursula K. Le Guin


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Laws are made against the impulse a people most fears in itself. Do not kill was the Shing's vaunted single Law. All else was permitted: which meant, perhaps, there was little else they really wanted to do...

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Έχε γεια, φτωχέ μου, εύπιστε ανόητε! Θα πεις την αλήθεια και η αλήθεια θα σε ελευθερώσει. Αλλά μπορεί και όχι, εξαρτάται από την περίπτωση. Πήγαινε μόνος, αγαπητέ μου ηλίθιε- είναι ο καλύτερος τρόπος για να προχωρήσεις. Θα μου λείψουν τα όνειρά σου. Έχε γεια, έχε γεια. Τα ψάρια και οι επισκέπτες αρχίζουν να βρομάνε μετά από τρεις μέρες. Έχε γεια!

Ursula K. Le Guin

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In fact, while we read a novel, we are insane - bonkers. we believe in the existence of people who aren't there, we hear their voices, we watch the battle of Borodino with them, we may even become Napoleon. Sanity returns (in most cases) when the book is closed.

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The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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Oracular ambiguity or statistical probability provides loopholes, and discrepancies are expunged by Faith.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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The really terrible thing about being young is the triviality

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Maybe when you meet the people you are supposed to meet you know it, without knowing it.

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