Ursula K. Le Guin quote: Hideo," said my mother, in the terrifying way women have of passing without interval from one subject to another because ...

Hideo," said my mother, in the terrifying way women have of passing without interval from one subject to another because they have them all present in their mind at once, "you haven't found any kind of relationship?

~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~

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