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People who sleep only two or three hours in the twenty-four are always geniuses. The ones you hear about, anyway. Never mind if the ones you don’t hear about are dolts. Insomnia is genius. It must be. Think of all the work you could do, the thoughts you could think, the books you could read, the love you could make, while the dull clods lie snoring.

— Ursula K. Le Guin Changing Planes (2003)

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When true myth rises into consciousness, that is always its message. You must change your life.

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The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means.

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Great artists make the roads; good teachers and good companions can point them out. But there ain't no free rides, baby.

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A profound love between two people involves, after all, the power and chance of doing profound hurt.

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When action grows unprofitable, gather information; when information grows unprofitable, sleep.

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