Ursula K. Le Guin

Birth: 1929-10-21 , Berkeley

Death: 2018-01-22 , Portland

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was a prominent American writer, celebrated for her science fiction and fantasy works that often explored philosophical, social, and anthropological themes. Her writing is marked by a lyrical style, the psychological depth of her characters, and the creation of imaginative and complex worlds. Le Guin challenged genre conventions and used speculative fiction as a vehicle to examine questions about power, identity, and human nature.

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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

To see that your life is a story while you're in the middle of living it may be a help to living it well.

The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself.

We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.

A man does not make his destiny: he accepts it or denies it.

You can’t crush ideas by suppressing them. You can only crush them by ignoring them. By refusing to think, refusing to change.

If you evade suffering you also evade the chance of joy. Pleasure you may get, or pleasures, but you will not be fulfilled. You will not know what it is to come home.

There have been great societies that did not use the wheel, but there have been no societies that did not tell stories.

This is. And thou art. There is no safety. There is no end. The word must be heard in silence. There must be darkness to see the stars. The dance is always danced above the hollow place, above the terrible abyss.

What is an anarchist? One who, choosing, accepts the responsibility of choice.

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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.