Ursula K. Le Guin1929–2018The quotations of
Ursula K. Le Guin
American fantasy and science fiction author
1929–2018
16 quotes, most often on Life & Death, Art and Love.
- The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 3 (p. 72)
- The Eye of the Heron (1978), Chapter 5 (p. 77)
- The Eye of the Heron (1978), Chapter 1 (p. 13)
- The Dispossessed (1974), Chapter 13
The bond between true lovers is as close as we come to what endures forever.
The Other Wind (2001), Chapter 4 “Dolphin” (p. 231)The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.
The Lathe of Heaven (1971), Chapter 6When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 3 “The Mad King” (p. 42)A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 18 “On the Ice” (p. 249)- The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 8, “The Children of the Open Sea” (Ged)
- The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Introduction
- The Operating Instructions in The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination (2004)
We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable; so did the divine right of kings.
National Book Awards, November 2014It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.
The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 15 “To the Ice” (p. 220)- The Left Hand of Darkness (1969), Chapter 5 “The Domestication of Hunch” (p. 70)
- The Language of the Night (1979)
