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> [“The fact that everyone between seventeen and thirty-five or so is liable to be (as Nim put it) "tied down to childbearing," implies that no one is quite so thoroughly "tied down" here as women, elsewhere are likely to be--psychologically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/the-fact-that-everyone-between-seventeen-and-thirty-five-or-so-is/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“Consider: Anyone can turn his hand to anything. This sounds very simple, but its psychological effects are incalculable. The fact that everyone between seventeen and thirty-five or so is liable to be (as Nim put it) “tied down to childbearing,”…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/consider-anyone-can-turn-his-hand-to-anything-this-sounds-very-simple/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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