Tracing Quotations
Ursula K. Le Guin? Robin W. Winks? Julian F. Fleron? Apocryphal? Question for Quote Investigator: Critics of childrearing practices complain that the imagination and creativity of children is carelessly discouraged. This notion has been encapsulated with the following adage: The creative adult is a child who has survived. The prominent science fiction and fantasy writer …
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Ursula K. Le Guin? Elaine Partnow? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: People have employed psychoactive substances for centuries to pursue alertness, pleasure, insights, thrills, and sundry goals. Yet, a famous speculative fiction author asserted that the brain by itself could achieve infinitely fascinating responses without chemical intervention. Would you please help me to find a citation? …
Ursula K. Le Guin? Apocryphal? Dear Quote Investigator: Apparently the acclaimed science fiction author Ursula K. Le Guin stated that the people who read her books were insane or bonkers. This is an odd thing to say. Did Le Guin really say this? Quote Investigator: In 1969 Ursula K. Le Guin published the popular prize-winning …
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Ernest Hemingway? Ursula K. Le Guin? Lynn H. Hough? Dear Quote Investigator: It is natural to assign meaning or purpose to the terminus of a long journey, but the value truly lies within the journey itself. This notion has been expressed as follows: It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it …