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A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The Athshean word for world is also the word for forest.

A forest ecology is a delicate one. If the forest perishes, its fauna may go with it. The Athshean word for world is also the word for forest.
– Ursula K Le Guin

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  9. Other people’s stories may become part of your own, the foundation of it, the ground it goes on. – Ursula K Le Guin
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  30. You don’t speak of dreams as unreal. They exist. They leave a mark behind them. – Ursula K Le Guin
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  34. Every book purchase made from Amazon is a vote for a culture without content and without contentment. – Ursula K Le Guin
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  39. To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws. – Ursula K Le Guin
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