Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes
It seemed, at least, that they had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies.
Ursula K. Le Guin
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Fiction reveals truth that reality obscures.
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Peggy Rathmann
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We flow, we descend, we turn . . . and the eternal dreamerMoves among us like light, like evening air . . .
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In our society, daily experience teaches the individual to want and need a never-ending supply of new toys and drugs.
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Then I'd crawl back into bed, smelling her all around me, and tell myself that next time, I would lock that window. But I never did.
Sarah Dessen
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It seemed, at least, that they had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies.
Ursula K. Le Guin
