Otherworldly wisdom by Ursula K. Le Guin that applies to Earth as well

Ursula K. Le Guin is a famous Science Fiction and Fantasy author. She was made a Grandmaster of Science Fiction in 2003 and in 2016 and The New York Times described her as "America's greatest living science fiction writer",though she said that she would prefer to be known as an "American novelist". She's written books, short stories, poetry and essays for all ages. While writing about worlds other than Earth, she explores themes like politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography and proves that these issues are universal. Here is some otherworldly wisdom from her pen.
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“A rock is a good thing, too, you know. If the Isles of Earthsea were all made of diamond, we'd lead a hard life here.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin

“The story is not in the plot but in the telling.”
― Ursula K. LeGuin

“We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel... is an essential guide to our understanding of what we ourselves are and may become.”
- Ursula K. Le Guin
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“I am living in a nightmare, from which from time to time I wake in sleep.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“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
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“Nobody who says, ‘I told you so’ has ever been, or will ever be, a hero.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“We're each of us alone, to be sure. What can you do but hold your hand out in the dark?”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“The creative adult is the child who has survived.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“To light a candle is to cast a shadow...”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“To hear, one must be silent.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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“My world, my Earth is a ruin. A planet spoiled by the human species. We multiplied and fought and gobbled until there was nothing left, and then we died. We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.”
-Ursula K. Le Guin
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