Ursula K. Le Guin quote: So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and ...

So the first step out of childhood is made all at once, without looking before or behind, without caution, and nothing held in reserve.

~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~

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