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Without a doubt, this book will be ingrained in me for the rest of my life. I cant believe I’m almost done 🥲

“That the social conscience completely dominates the individual conscience, instead of striking a balance with it. We don’t cooperate—we obey. We fear being outcast, being called lazy, dysfunctional, egoizing. We fear our neighbor’s opinion more than we respect our own freedom of choice.”

I’m so philosophically and politically aligned with this book - IT’S AMAZING‼️

“He now understood why the army was organized as it was. It was indeed quite necessary. No rational form of organization would serve the purpose. He simply had not understood that the purpose was to enable men with machine guns to kill unarmed men and women easily and in great quantities when told to do so. Only he still could not see where courage, or manliness, or fitness entered in.”

just… soooooooooo incredible I’m mind-blown

This is just so smart. Every chapter has either given me an epiphany or put my own thoughts into the perfect words. I’m amazed amazed amazzzzzzed by Ursula and her brilliant mind. How was this published in the 70’s and still sooooo relevant today!!! A million stars.

Mannnn Ursula was ahead of her time 😭 what a fucking masterpiece

This basically being about a planet ruled by communism, one by capitalism, and another by socialism - with ambassadors from each planet communicating with eachother is just wooow 🍿 the political intrigue is so intelligently executed. I’m amazed and this is already 5 stars

One word to describe this book: Brilliance

“Then I saw…you see…I saw that you can’t do anything for anybody. We can’t save each other. Or ourselves.”

“What have you left, then? Isolation and despair! You’re denying brotherhood, Shevek!” the tall girl cried.

“No—no, I’m not. I’m trying to say what I think brotherhood really is. It begins—it begins in shared pain.”

Ursula’s prose is in my top 3 🥲🫠

“What a man wants is freedom. What a woman wants is property. She’ll only let you go if she can trade you for something else. All women are propertarians.”

The way it’s the complete opposite 😂 oh this character is going to test me