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Characteristically of all Le Guin’s writing, it embodies the stubborn virtue of seeing with both eyes, in depth and in colour, without looking away from or ignoring uncomfortable truths.
“The ability to read awoke inside of me some long dormant craving to be mentally alive.”
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
― The Autobiography of Malcolm X
“I and the public know
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.”
― Collected Poems
What all schoolchildren learn,
Those to whom evil is done
Do evil in return.”
― Collected Poems
“A half-read book is a half-finished love affair.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“The only way to get rid of temptation is to yield to it.”
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
― The Picture of Dorian Gray
“The trouble is that we have a bad habit, encouraged by pedants and sophisticates, of considering happiness as something rather stupid. Only pain is intellectual, only evil interesting. This is the treason of the artist; a refusal to admit the banality of evil and the terrible boredom of pain.”
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
― The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas
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I can't believe there's no group on here for the wonderful Scottish mainstream/sci-fi writer, Iain Banks, so I thought I'd create one. This group is f ...more
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For readers and authors interested in the very best other-worldly, transported to incredible stories that keep us up at night and constantly coming ba ...more
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