Ursula K. Le Guin — "I think it's important to be a little bit crazy."

"I am a man. Now you may think I’ve made some kind of silly mistake about gender, or maybe that I’m trying to fool you, because my first name ends in 'a,' and I own three bras and a pair of high-heeled…"

"Freedom is a heavy load, a beautiful and terrible thing."

"I am a very simple person. I like to eat, sleep, and write."

"Love doesn't just sit there, like a stone, it has to be made, like bread; remade all the time, made new."

"I am a man, no doubt. But I am also a woman. I am a white woman. I am a white woman who lives in a white society. I am a white woman who is a feminist. I am a white woman who is a mother. I am a white…"