Choice Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin

“To know there is a choice is to have to make the choice: change or stay: river or rock.”

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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When you have a choice, choose happy!

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There has always been a feeling with people that they love my singing but not always the choice of material.

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I have too many options when it comes to guitars.

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“Amazing how a small choice can change your life forever.”

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Change is inevitable but personal growth is a choice.

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If you choose to draw from the inner well of free will, then you can make choices that are outside your current karmic patterns.

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