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I thought the same thing, exactly. We always say that. you said it--you should have refused to go to Rolny. I said it as soon as I got to Elbow; I'm a...more

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I was with you at the beginning of your journey. It is right that I should follow you to its end.

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Oh, Hank," Susan whispered, "their wings are furry.""Oh, James," Harriet whispered, "their hands are kind.

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I have told the story I was asked to tell. I have closed it, as so many stories close, with a joining of two people. What is one man's and one woman's...more

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... privilege was obligation; command was service; power, the gift itself, entailed a heavy loss of freedom.

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A promise is a direction taken, a self-limitation of choice. As Odo pointed out, if no direction is taken, if one goes nowhere, no change will occur. ...more

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You are rich. You own. We are poor. We lack. You have. We do not have. Everything is beautiful here, only not the faces. On Anarres nothing is beautif...more

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He loved Shevek, but he could not show him what freedom is, that recognition of each person's solitude which alone transcends it.

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There is nothing you can do that profit does not enter into, and fear of loss, and wish for power. You cannot say good morning without knowing which o...more

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I am tired of safe places, and roofs, and walls around me.

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A dark hand had let go its lifelong hold upon her heart. But she did not feel joy, as she had in the mountains. She put her head down in her arms and ...more