Absent Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“Dead anarchists make martyrs, you know, and keep living for centuries. But absent ones can be forgotten.”

Ursula K. Le Guin

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“. . . chronosophy does involve ethics. Because our sense of time involves our ability to separate cause and effect, means and end. The…

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“The author is not impartial. Dystopia is not tragedy.”

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Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be.

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I have no control over my writing. I have lots of good intentions, but no control. There's a story that wants to be told.

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They are enthusiasts, devotees. Addicts. Something about the circus stirs their souls, and they ache for it when it is absent. They seek each…

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The interesting thing about an absent father is, for a child, you don't know he's absent. You just think he's... tardy.

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“You may not appreciate the presence of good health, but you will definitely regret the absence of good health, because health is happiness.”

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