Ursula K. Le Guin quote: In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil.

In modern fantasy (literary or governmental), killing people is the usual solution to the so-called war between good and evil.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~

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