What's needed in this case is conscious and serious practice in hearing, and using, and being used by, other people's voices.
Ursula K. Le GuinChildren know perfectly well that unicorns arenโt real, but they also know that books about unicorns, if they are good books, are true books.
Ursula K. Le GuinWhat is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry? Then it's not a good thing. Is it simply self-love? That's a good thing, but one musn't make a virtue of it, or a profession...Insofar as I love life, I love [my country], but that sort of love does not have a boundary-line of hate. And beyond that, I am ignorant, I hope.
Ursula K. Le GuinFake realism is the escapist literature of our time. And probably the ultimate escapist reading is that masterpiece of total unreality, the daily stock market report.
Ursula K. Le Guin