We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.
URSULA K. LE GUIN
URSULA K. LE GUIN
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Ursula K. Le Guin161 quotes“We controlled neither appetite nor violence; we did not adapt. We destroyed ourselves. But we destroyed the world first.”
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