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The Left Hand Of Darkness
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"The Left Hand Of Darkness" Quotes

A human envoy navigates political intrigue and explores themes of gender and identity on a wintry alien planet inhabited by androgynous beings.

Quotes

It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

Ursula K. Le Guin

journeylife

The unknown, the unforetold, the unproven, that is what life is based on. Ignorance is the ground of thought.

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lifeignorance

To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.

Ursula K. Le Guin

learningstressdarkness

The most common truth, the most ordinary emotion, they will be said or sung over and over again, endlessly.

Ursula K. Le Guin

truthemotion

We're living in a world where we're so afraid of the future that we've turned our backs on the past.

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futurepast

We've become a society that's divorced itself from history.

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societyhistory