“ But when we crave power over life—endless wealth, unassailable safety, immortality—then desire becomes greed. And if knowledge allies itself to that greed, then comes evil. Then the balance of the wor… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ But now his dry and silent grieving for his lost wife must end, for there she stood, the fierce, recalcitrant, and fragile stranger, forever to be won again. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Apollo, the god of light, of reason, of proportion, harmony, number - Apollo blinds those who press too close in worship. Don't look straight at the sun. Go into a dark bar for a bit and have a beer w… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ And the mills of capitalism provide them. Supply meets demand. Fantasy becomes a commodity, an industry. Commodified fantasy takes no risks: it invents nothing, but imitates and trivialises. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ And day to day, life's a hard job, you get tired, you lose the pattern. You need distance, interval. The way to see how beautiful the earth is, is to see it as the moon. The way to see how beautiful l… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A writer who wants to write good stuff needs to read great stuff. If you don’t read widely, or read only writers in fashion at the moment, you’ll have a limited idea of what can be done with the Engli… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A wizard’s power of Changing and of Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power. It is most perilous. It must follow knowledge, and serve need. To light a candle is to ca… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A person who believes, as she did, that things fit: that there is a whole of which one is a part, and that in being a part one is whole: such a person has no desire whatever, at any time, to play God.… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A person is defined solely by the extent of his influence over other people, by the sphere of his interrelationships; and morality is an utterly meaningless term unless defined as the good one does to… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A decision worthy of the name is based on observation, factual information, intellectual and ethical judgment. Opinion—that darling of the press, the politician, and the poll—may be based on no inform… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A child free from the guilt of ownership and the burden of economic competition will grow up with the will to do what needs doing and the capacity for joy in doing it. It is useless work that darkens… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ A bully doesn’t answer you; he may hear but pays no heed; he talks on as if you were of no account, and it gives him the advantage always at the start, though not always Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Close up, a world's all dirt and rocks... The way to see how beautiful the earth is, is to see it as the moon. The way to see how beautiful life is, is from the vantage point of death. Ursula K. Le Guin
“ You have knowledge, and I have skill, and between us we have...We have the Ring of Erreth-Akbe.Yes, that. But I thought also of another thing between us. Call it trust... That is one of its names. It… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ . . all delight being in the present and its past, all truth too, and all fidelity in the word, the flesh, the present moment: for the future, however you look at it, contains only one sure thing and… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ 'But I might ask you as profitably why you've never seen fit to invent airborne vehicles? One small stolen airplane would have spared you and me a great deal of difficulty!' 'How would it ever occur t… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ No entiendo por qué hay expertos en esvis que se alistan como voluntarios para una Colonia Abierta. Tú no ignoras que la gente que estás estudiando va a ser explotada, y probablemente exterminada. Es… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Мокър и навъсен, Гед се сви сред капещите храсти, като се чудеше какъв смисъл има да притежаваш власт, ако си твърде мъдър, за да я използваш, и съжаляваше, че не беше отишъл чирак при онзи стар гадат… Ursula K. Le Guin
“ Özgürlük ağır bir yüktür, ruhun yüklenmesi gereken büyük ve garip bir sorumluluk. Kolay değildir. Verilen bir armağan değil, yapılan bir seçimdir; bu seçim de zor bir seçim olabilir. Ursula K. Le Guin
