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21 " So they talked and shouted back and forth at a fast pace, and all the things that had to be said and many things that did not need to be said were said, and refuted, and said again. "
― Ursula K. Le Guin , The Other Wind (Earthsea Cycle, #6)
22 " I was wrong. But it is not right to want to die," the Summoner said. He spoke low, almost pleadingly. "For the very old, the very ill, it may be. But life is given us. Surely it's wrong not to hold and treasure that great gift!""Death is also given us," said the king. "
23 " She listened intently, seriously, as if these small matters were as weighty as the strange events they’d talked about here three days ago. "
24 " ¡Cómo les temían los hombres a las mujeres!, pensó, caminando entre las rosas en flor. No como individuos, sino a las mujeres cuando hablaban juntas, trabajaban juntas, cuando salían en defensa unas de otras. Allí los hombres veían conspiraciones, tratos secretos, coacciones, trampas.Por supuesto que tenían razón. Era probable que las mujeres, como mujeres, tomaran las riendas de la siguiente generación, no de ésta; ellas entretejían los eslabones que los hombres veían como cadenas, los lazos que los hombres veían como algo que los hacía prisioneros. "