“Anarchism is not a romantic fable but the hardheaded realization, based on five thousand years of experience, that we cannot entrust the management of our lives to kings, priests, politicians, generals, and county commissioners.”
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“It is no secret. All power is one in source and end, I think. Years and distances, stars and candles, water and wind and wizardry, the craft in a man's hand and the wisdom in a tree's root: they all arise together. My name, and yours, and the true name of the sun, or a spring of water, or an unborn child, all are syllables of the great word that is very slowly spoken by the shining of the stars. There is no other power. No other name.”
― A Wizard of Earthsea
― A Wizard of Earthsea
“No darkness lasts forever. And even there, there are stars.”
― The Farthest Shore
― The Farthest Shore
“A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“To make a thief, make an owner; to create crime, create laws.”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
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