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“The heaviest single factor in one's life is whether one's born male or female. In most societies it determines one's expectations, activities, outlook, ethics, manners -- almost everything.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“the unforetold, the unproven, that is what life is based on. Ignorance is the ground of thought. Unproof is the ground of action.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“What is the sense of giving a boundary to all that, or giving it a name and ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country; is it hate of one's uncountry?...Is it simply self-love?”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“To learn which questions are unanswerable, and not to answer them: this skill is most needful in times of stress and darkness.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
“It is a terrible thing, this kindness that human beings do not lose. Terrible, because when we are finally naked in the dark and cold, it is all we have. We who are so rich, so full of strength, we end up with that small change. We have nothing else to give.”
― The Left Hand of Darkness
― The Left Hand of Darkness
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