The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
Ursula K. Le GuinThe individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.
Ursula K. Le GuinSkill in writing frees you to write what you want to write. It may also show you what you want to write. Craft enables art.
Ursula K. Le GuinGradually the healing took place, seeming as it always does that it wasn't taking place.
Ursula K. Le GuinA panda walks into a tea room and ordered a salad and ate it. Then it pulled out a pistol, shot the man in the next table dead, and walked out. Everyone rushed after it, shouting "Stop! Stop! Why did you do that?" "Becuase I am a panda," said the panda. "That's what pandas do. If you don't believe me, look in the dictionary." So they looked in the dictionary and sure enough they found Panda: Racoon-like animal of Asia. Eats shoots and leaves.
Ursula K. Le Guin