Tag: ursula_k_le_guin

Unambitious and sociable, he had chosen to live in town and practice the law.

He stood looking out over the lake, his long face serene.

They were not supposed to talk, so they talked.

He understood that there had been a Revolution.

The work filled his time but not his mind.

The years there were marked by drought or great rain, vintage, weather, harvest, rather than by the events of history.

Summers were long and hot, and thunderstorms roamed growling among the mountains.

It was a dramatic but not a harsh climate.

The magic of names still held minds enchanted.

He stayed out alone, and did not know what to do.

“It must be, it must be,” he repeated with conviction, joy, and fear.

Of the city he knew nothing.

Was it possible that a new life was going to begin?

I’ve got to think. I’ve got to eat something. Come on.

How did they know it was me?

Please control yourself and listen.

You have no right to ask more of me.

I don’t know. It would. But we don’t know what’s possible.

If the universe is infinite, does that mean that everything that could possibly happen, is happening, somewhere, at some time?

Takes a lot of work to hold the world together.