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A man can endure the entire weight of the universe for eighty years. It is unreality that he cannot bear.

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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide.

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He had grown up in a country run by politicians who sent the pilots to man the bombers to kill the babies to make the world safe for children to grow up in.

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The king was pregnant.

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You must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act.

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The great authors share their souls with us— “literally.”
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The pornography of violence of course far exceeds, in volume and general acceptance, sexual pornography, in this Puritan land of ours.
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Virginity is now a mere preamble or waiting room to be got out of as soon as possible; it is without significance.
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Abstractions about right and wrong, whether they are as old as Thou Shalt Not Kill or as modern as Do Your Own Thing, often serve only to confuse and weaken genuine moral decision.
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Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
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Ursula Kroeber Le Guin (1929-2018) was an American writer whose works span science fiction, fantasy, young adult fiction, and essays. Born in Berkeley, California, Le Guin is widely regarded as one of the greatest speculative fiction writers of all time. She won numerous awards for her work, including multiple Hugo and Nebula Awards. Her most famous books include "A Wizard of Earthsea" (1968), "The Dispossessed" (1974), and "The Left Hand of Darkness" (1969). Le Guin was known for her thoughtful and humanistic approach to science fiction, using it to explore themes such as anarchism, ecology, and gender. She passed away in Portland, Oregon.