Ursula K. Le Guin on Money
Browse 5 quotations attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, catalogued under money, with dates where available.
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Attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, entry #85641: "“What’s that all about?” Golden said to his wife, a rhetorical question. She looked at him and said nothing, a non-rhetorical answer."
Attributed to Ursula K. Le Guin, entry #150670: "“Summon up a supper,” he said. “Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before."
5 Quotes by Ursula K. Le Guin on Money
"“What’s that all about?” Golden said to his wife, a rhetorical question. She looked at him and said nothing, a non-rhetorical answer."
"“Summon up a supper,” he said. “Oh, I could. On golden plates, if you like. But that’s illusion, and when you eat illusions you end up hungrier than before."
"Elegance is a small price to pay for enlightenment, and I was glad to pay it."
"Greed puts out the sun."
"came at last to the long array of doors through which crowds of people came and went constantly, all purposeful, all separate. They all looked, to him, anxious. He had often seen that anxiety before in the faces of Urrasti, and wondered about it. Was it because, no matter how much money they had, they always had to worry about making more, lest they die poor? Was it guilt, because no matter how little money they had, there was always somebody who had less? Whatever the cause, it gave all the faces a certain sameness, and he felt very much alone among them."