Thanks, for this literary love letter, @donkeypong, to a remarkable figure. As with all influential artists, she lives on, through her work /her readers..
Here's another arresting quotation of hers to add to your already fine list:
'But where I can get prickly & combative is if I’m just called a sci-fi writer. I’m not. I’m a novelist and poet. Don’t shove me into your damn pigeonhole, where I don’t fit, because I’m all over.’
—Ursula K. Le Guin
Also, if you've not heard this, already, a recent conversation she had with Paul Holdengraber:
https://soundcloud.com/lithub/a-conversation-with-ursula-k-le-guin
Good additions. Thanks.
Glad you appreciate it, @donkeypong :) Since you appreciate literature, I hope I'm not trespassing on your kindness by sharing this poem of mine that I just posted, earlier today: Open Letter to Israel & Remarkable Response from an Israeli Reader https://steemit.com/story/@yahialababidi/my-open-letter-to-israel-and-remarkable-response-from-israeli-reader
Just as I posted this poem, a dove landed on my windowsill! Coincidence?