Ursula K. Le Guin Quote

What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the next? You wear out. You say: There is a great river, and it flows through this land, and we have named it History.


"A Man of the People", p. 108 - Four Ways to Forgiveness (1995)


What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the ...

What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the ...

What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the ...

What is the use trying to describe the flowing of a river at any one moment, and then at the next moment, and then at the next, and the next, and the ...