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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It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

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

The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty: not knowing what comes next.

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

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

Rocks have their dreams, and the earth changes. . . .But when the mind becomes conscious, when the rate of evolution speeds up, then you have to be careful. Careful of the world. You must learn the way. You must learn the skills, the art, the limits. A conscious mind must be part of the whole, intentionally and carefully--as the rock is part of the whole unconsciously. Do you see? Does it mean anything to you?

“Tezyeme," he said, which meant something on the order of "it is happening the way it is supposed to happen.

To be whole is to be part; true voyage is return

To light a candle is to cast a shadow...

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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.