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Ursula Le Guin

  • Marisa Mirandahar citeretsidste år
    Belief in the lie is the life of the lie
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 2 år siden
    Those who build walls are their own prisoners.
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 2 år siden
    ‘The Revolution is in the individual spirit, or it is nowhere. It is for all, or it is nothing. If it is seen as having any end, it will never truly begin.’ We can’t stop here. We must go on. We must take the risks.”
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 2 år siden
    true departure is return.
  • Marisa Mirandahar citeretsidste år
    As in the dark of winter night
    The eyes seek dawn,
    As in the bonds of bitter cold
    The heart craves sun,
    So blinded and so bound, the soul
    Cries out to thee:
    Be our light, our fire, our life,
    Liberty!
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 8 måneder siden
    . How could I? Why should I?”

    After a pause she said, “I see your magic is not good only for large things.”

    “Hospitality,” he said, “kindness to a stranger, that’s a very large thing. Thanks are enough,
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 8 måneder siden
    Where I go, I must go alone. So long as you need me, I’ll be with you in Havnor. And if you ever need me again, call me. I will come. I would come from my grave if you called me, Tenar! But I cannot stay with you.”
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 8 måneder siden
    What she had begun to learn was the weight of liberty. Freedom is a heavy load, a great and strange burden for the spirit to undertake. It is not easy. It is not a gift given, but a choice made, and the choice may be a hard one. The road goes upward towards the light; but the laden traveler may never reach the end of it.
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 8 måneder siden
    Listen, Tenar. Heed me. You were the vessel of evil. The evil is poured out. It is done. It is buried in its own tomb. You were never made for cruelty and darkness; you were made to hold light, as a lamp burning holds and gives its light.
  • Dani CyChar citeretfor 8 måneder siden
    So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.
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