Ursula K. Le Guin

As great scientists have said and as all children know, it is above all by the imagination that we achieve perception, and compassion, and hope.

Inventions have long since reached their limit, and I see no hope for further development.

When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.

If every time you engage in a sex act, you go into a confession box, you will never accept your own sexuality.

What people don't understand about Sarah Palin is that she is a rancher's wife. From Alberta down to Texas I've known women like that: good common sense, bright and vilified by city people.