"If women had power, what would men be……" — Ursula K. Le Guin
"If women had power, what would men be but women who can't bear children? And what would women be but men who can?" "Hah!" went Tenar; and presently, with some cunning, she said, "Haven't there been queens? Weren't they women of power?" "A queen's only a she-king," said Ged. She snorted. "I mean, men give her power. They let her use their power. But it isn't hers, is it? It isn't because she's a woman that she's powerful, but despite it."
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344 Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
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The only questions that really matter are the ones you ask yourself.
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Great self-destruction follows upon unfounded fear.
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Scientific truth will out, you can't hide the sun under a stone.
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Almost anything carried to a logical extreme becomes depressing.
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In the tale, in the telling, we are all one blood. Take the tale in your teeth, then, and bite…
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