Quote by Ursula K. Le Guin Download Open image ““What is hard is to keep alive on a world you don't belong to.”” — Ursula K. Le Guin ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare
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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. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
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To me the female principle is, or at least historically has been, basically anarchic. It values order without constraint, rule by custom not by… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image