"We are volcanoes. When we women offer our experience as our truth, as human truth, all the maps change. There are new mountains."
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Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was a pioneering American author celebrated for her contributions to speculative fiction and her profound explorations of gender, society, and humanity. Born in Berkeley, California, she was the daughter of an anthropologist and a writer, which deeply influenced her worldview. Le Guin's works, including the acclaimed "Earthsea" series and the thought-provoking "The Left Hand of Darkness," challenged traditional narratives and offered rich, imaginative landscapes that resonated with readers. Her legacy endures, inspiring generations of writers and thinkers alike.
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"As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope."
Ursula K. Le Guin"It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope."
Ursula K. Le Guin"My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it."
Ursula K. Le Guin"I doubt that the imagination can be suppressed. If you truly eradicated it in a child, he would grow up to be an eggplant."
Ursula K. Le Guin"If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic."
Ursula K. Le Guin