Ursula K. Le Guin — "I have been trying to learn to use words, and every time I use them, they don't …"
I have been trying to learn to use words, and every time I use them, they don't do what I want them to do.
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The Language of the Night: Essays on Fantasy and Science Fiction
Date: 1979
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