The Left Hand of Darkness

Book · 4 characters · 418 quotes · 1969

Quotes from The Left Hand of Darkness

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"In the darkness of ignorance, we are all equal"
Estraven Wisdom
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"A person who can go into cold hiernlivery is a person who has accepted death"
Genly Ai Courage
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"Peace begins with the choice to understand"
Estraven Peace
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"The heart knows before the mind accepts"
Genly Ai
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"The gift given asks nothing in return except remembrance"
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"Understanding dissolves the boundaries we construct"
Genly Ai
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"To serve another is to serve yourself"
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"The journey through ice mirrors the journey of the soul"
Genly Ai
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"Prejudice is the armor of the frightened"
Estraven Wisdom
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"The truest revolution happens within"
Genly Ai Change
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"The mind freed from fear is the mind most dangerous"
Estraven Courage
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"Every wall contains the possibility of a door"
Genly Ai Hope
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"The stranger becomes friend through shared trials"
Estraven Friendship
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"To forgive is to choose life over judgment"
Genly Ai
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"Loyalty is the currency of the heart"
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"The act of witnessing creates truth"
Genly Ai Truth
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"To understand another's shame is to transcend your own"
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"The strongest bonds are forged in hardship"
Genly Ai Strength
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"Survival teaches what philosophy cannot"
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"The future belongs to those who imagine it first"
Genly Ai Imagination
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"To reject another is to reject a part of yourself"
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"Justice without mercy is cruelty"
Genly Ai Justice
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"Love is the condition in which another person's happiness is essential to your own"
Estraven Love
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"One makes enemies of those one understands too well"
Genly Ai Wisdom
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"Power rests on the persuasion that we must obey power"
Estraven Power
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"The colder the world, the warmer the need for connection"
Estraven Love
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"We are all foreigners in the lands of others"
Genly Ai
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"To know another person is to know yourself"
Estraven Relationships
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"Karhide is not a nation but a family quarrel"
Genly Ai Politics
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"One cannot take the life of light away from the dark"
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