As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as powerful as it is mindless. Since we human beings have to learn what we do, we have to start out that way, but human mindfulness begins where that wish to be the same leaves off.


Always Coming Home (ed. Univ of California Press, 1985) - ISBN: 9780520227354

Ursula K. Le Guin Quotes

As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as powerful as it is mindless....

As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as powerful as it is mindless....

As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as powerful as it is mindless....

As a kitten does what all other kittens do, so a child wants to do what other children do, with a wanting that is as powerful as it is mindless....