is light.

for eight hundred and forty miles across the glacier. and for joy.

"..in his presence, lines drawn on the earth make no boundaries, and no defense. There is a greater challenger than Karhide at the doors of Orgoreyn. The men who meet that challenge, who first open the doors of earth, will be the leaders of us all. Of all the three continents, of all the earth. Our border now is no line between two hills, but the line our planet makes in circling the Sun."

Heartbreak in Le Guin books never feels like a heartbreak, because it is always illuminated with purpose and love. May I have the courage to do what Estraven did. And never feel what Genly Ai had to.

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