The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. T — Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
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The natural, proper, fitting shape of the novel might be that of a sack, a bag. A book holds words. Words hold things. They bear meanings. A novel is a medicine bundle, holding things in a particular, powerful relation to one another and to us.

— Ursula K. Le Guin, Dancing at the Edge of the World: Thoughts on Words, Women, Places
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