Colin Ellis

“But belief is the wound that knowledge heals, and death begins the Telling of our life”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

“He said, “Please tell me, Sutty, is the institutionalised homophobia very difficult for you?” “I grew up with it.” “Under the Unists.” “Not only the Unists.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

“There’s a Hainish parable of the Mirror. If the glass is whole, it reflects the whole world, but broken, it shows only fragments, and cuts the hand that holds it.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling

“She turned and went on, telling herself that she should be sorry for him. He was sincere. Most bigots are sincere. The stupid, arrogant fool, trying to tell her that religion was dangerous! But he was merely parroting Dovzan propaganda.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Telling