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1 " his heart going hard. "
― Ursula K. Le Guin , Worlds of Exile and Illusion: Rocannon’s World, Planet of Exile, City of Illusions (Hainish Cycle, #1-3)
2 " Between thought and spoken word is a gap where intention can enter, the symbol be twisted aside, and the lie come to be. Between thought and sent-thought is no gap; they are one act. There is no room for the lie. "
3 " Nothing stirred in all the dying forest, except one belated footroot down among the dead leaves, creeping with its excruciating vegetable obstinacy southward, leaving a thin track scored behind it. "
4 " Goodbye, goodbye. Fish and visitors stink after three days. Goodbye! "
5 " Time to them was a lantern lighting a step before, a step behind—the rest was indistinguishable dark. "
6 " We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there was nothing at all, but the Creator spoke, saying, It exists. And behold, in order that the lie of God might be God’s truth, the universe at once began to exist.… "
7 " —Que nuestros enemigos mueran sin hijos —dijo el angya gravemente, alzando la copa, que había vuelto a llenar. "
