Ursula K. Le Guin — American Writer born on October 21, 1929,

Ursula Kroeber Le Guin is an American author of novels, children's books, and short stories, mainly in the genres of fantasy and science fiction. She has also written poetry and essays. First published in the 1960s, her work has often depicted futuristic or imaginary alternative worlds in politics, natural environment, gender, religion, sexuality and ethnography... (wikipedia)

Morning comes whether you set the alarm or not.
I talk about the gods, I am an atheist. But I am an artist too, and therefore a liar. Distrust everything I say. I am telling the truth.
The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.
The children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.