Ursula K. Le Guin

To light a candle is to cast a shadow. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#cast #light #shadow

The artist deals in what cannot be said in words. The artist whose medium is fiction does this in words. The novelist says in words what cannot be said in words. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#cannot #deals #does #fiction #medium

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#alarm #comes #set #whether #you

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

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#good #in the end #journey #matters #towards

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#achieve #compassion #hope #imagination #perception

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#further #hope #i #i see #inventions

The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#little #live #makes #marks #pulp

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#modern #modern technology #myth #mythology #science

I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#am #artist #atheist #distrust #everything

I get a lot of moral guidance from reading novels, so I guess I expect my novels to offer some moral guidance, but they're not blueprints for action, ever. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

#blueprints #ever #expect #get #guess