Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes



Best 6 Other Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin

“A writer is a person who cares what words mean, what they say, how they say it. Writers know words are their way towards truth and freedom, and so they use them with care, with thought, with fear, with delight. By using words well they strengthen their souls. Story-tellers and poets spend their lives learning that skill and art of using words well. And their words make the souls of their readers stronger, brighter, deeper.”

“My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world and exiles me from it.”

“Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.”

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”

“What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?”

“When you light a candle, you also cast a shadow.”

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