I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and re — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and re — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and re — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and re — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and re — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
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I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and reject only the prejudice and ignorance that dismisses any book, unread, as not worth reading." -- "On Despising Genres," essay

— Ursula K. Le Guin, The Birthday of the World and Other Stories
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