Quotes from Ursula K. Le Guin, Lavinia

It is not death that allows us to understand each other, but poetry.

There's a saying, " Aeneas said: "Keep an eye on Greeks when they offer gifts." He spoke wryly. "Horses, particularly.

Oh, never and forever aren't for mortals, love. But we won't be parted till I know it's right that we part.

In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand.

Not even need and love can defeat fate...

Without war there are no heroes.""What harm would that be?""Oh, Lavinia, what a woman's question that is.