Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula K. Le Guin
Ursula Kroeber Le Guinis an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, the natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth21 October 1929
CountryUnited States of America
kings belief nationalism
Having one king, one god, one belief, they can act single-mindedly.
dragons hunger hard
The hunger of a dragon is slow to wake, but hard to sate.
greed sun
Greed puts out the sun.
conformist
The more defensive a society, the more conformist.
suffering warning danger
Suffering is dysfunctional, except as a bodily warning against danger. Psychologically and socially it's merely destructive.
quiet-voice despair speak
Despair speaks evenly, in a quiet voice.
rivers rocks choices
To know there is a choice is to have to make the choice: change or stay: river or rock.