You fear them because you fear death, and rightly: for death is terrible and must be feared,' the mage said...'And life is also a terrible thing,' Ged said, 'and must be feared and praised.
Ursula K. Le GuinWriting makes no noise, except groans, and it can be done everywhere, and it is done alone.
Ursula K. Le Guin... the habit of literature [is] the best defense against believing the half-truths of ideologues and the lies of demagogues.
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