1,226 Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

A psychopathy on Anarres was rational behavior on Urras.

For a word to be spoken, there must be silence. Before, and after.

The exercise of imagination is dangerous to those who profit from the way things are because it has the power to show that the way things are is not permanent, not universal, not necessary. Having that real though limited power to put established institutions into question, imaginative literature has also the responsibility of power. The storyteller is the truthteller.

Şatoya, ne bir insan geliyor, ne de bir insan buradan gidiyordu. Pencereleri yalnızlığa açılıyordu.

Imagination grows by exercise and contrary to common belief is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

my books won't take me farinto this place

Odo said it all her life. 'Only peace brings peace, only just acts bring justice!

George, it's impossible to correct a defective reality-orientation overnight.

Have you never thought how danger must surround power as shadow does light? This sorcery is not a game we play for pleasure or for praise. Think of this: that every work, every act of our Art is said and is done either for good, or for evil.Before you speak or do you must know the price that is to pay!