Ursula K. Le Guin quote: It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~

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It is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception and compassion and hope.

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