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If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.
– Ursula K Le Guin

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  1. Odo said it all her life. ‘Only peace brings peace, only just acts bring justice! – Ursula K Le Guin
  2. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. Things in words got twisted and ran together, instead of staying straight and fitting together. – Ursula K Le Guin
  3. It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul. – Ursula K Le Guin
  4. The power of words is in the works of words. People are much more bonded by the works of words than words. The work of words is the trigger of words. – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  5. It was a world of acts, and words had no more influence on acts than the sound of a waterfall has on the flow of the stream. – Kim Stanley Robinson
  6. Words are events, they do things, change things. They transform both speaker and hearer; they feed energy back and forth and amplify it – Ursula K Le Guin
  7. If a book were written all in numbers, it would be true. It would be just. Nothing said in words ever came out quite even. – Ursula K Le Guin
  8. a book is a box of words until you open it. – Ursula K Le Guin
  9. I know who I was, I can tell you who I may have been, but I am, now, only in this line of words I write. – Ursula K Le Guin
  10. To see a candle’s light one must take it into a dark place. – Ursula K Le Guin
  11. There must be darkness to see the stars. – Ursula K Le Guin
  12. To build a positive attitude you must take some deliberate action. You must be responsible for your thoughts, words, and actions. – John Patrick Hickey
  13. Others are responsible for their actions toward you, but you are responsible for your reactions. Always be considerate and kind with your actions. – Debasish Mridha
  14. Responsible parenting is NOT a crime. Responsible parenting is most valuable tool of our society. – Mick Karabegovic
  15. I am responsible for my life, my happiness, and my joy. I am responsible for my faults, which will destroy. – Debasish Mridha
  16. You are not responsible for anything that happens to you as a child but you are 100% responsible for your own healing. – Johnnie Dent Jr
  17. You are not responsible for the reader, you’re only responsible for what you are writing. – Debasish Mridha
  18. Love is God, and the one that believes in love, believes in God. – Radhe Maa
  19. Memory believes before knowing remembers. Believes longer than recollects, longer than knowing even wonders. – William Faulkner
  20. He believes that people have destroyed religion and religion has destroyed people. He says he believes in God, but he doesn’t believe in people. – Nadia Hashimi
  21. A fool believes that math adds up, but also believes that they can master luck. – Justin K McFarlane Beau
  22. Only he who believes is obedient, and only he who is obedient believes. – Dietrich Bonhoeffer
  23. Master Chekhov says Man is what he believes. From here we conclude that when Man believes in a crap, Man becomes a crap! – Mehmet Murat ildan
  24. A slave believes that the law should define the scope of liberty. A free person believes that liberty should define the scope of the law. – Jakub Boydar Winiewski
  25. He who loves lies suffers from no disease than lies! He who believes in and acts upon lies suffers from no disease than ignorance! – Ernest Agyemang Yeboah
  26. Words can create, words give life, words can build, words can destroy. Words can bring something out of nothing. What are you saying? – Mopelola Adeniyi
  27. If one does secret acts, what should one do to correct them? He should expose the acts and thereby he will no longer fear anyone. – Dada Bhagwan
  28. I can tell the difference between the acts of a man and the acts of God. That’s why I still believe. I could always tell the difference. – Dee Henderson
  29. Just like small acts of kindness can pave the way for a better world, small acts of corruption open the road for a corrupt world. – Charbel Tadros
  30. The acts of observing and judging are necessarily solitary acts. – Mike Klepper
  31. I know I’ll hold this loss in my heart forever. I know I’ll hold, I’ll hold. I know. – Sara Quin
  32. There is no break in the wholeness of time. – Ursula K Le Guin
  33. The airport bookstore did not sell books, only bestsellers, which Sita Dulip cannot read without risking a severe systemic reaction. – Ursula K Le Guin
  34. I was with you at the beginning of your journey. It is right that I should follow you to its end. – Ursula K Le Guin
  35. The individual cannot bargain with the State. The State recognizes no coinage but power: and it issues the coins itself. – Ursula K Le Guin
  36. Would you give up the craft of your hands, and the passion of your heart, and the hunger of your mind, to buy safety? – Ursula K Le Guin
  37. Power inheres in a center. You’re going to the center. – Ursula K Le Guin
  38. But you’re so strong. I wish I were strong. I just like eating. – Ursula K Le Guin
  39. The explorer who will not come back or send back his ships to tell his tale is not an explorer, only an adventurer; and his sons are born in exile. – Ursula K Le Guin
  40. Manhood is patience. Mastery is nine time patience – Ursula K Le Guin

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