# Quote — Ursula K. Le Guin, City Of Illusions

> We of Es Toch tell a little myth, which says that in the beginning the Creator told a great lie. For there was nothing at all, but the Creator spoke, saying, It exists. And behold, in order that the lie of God might be God’s truth, the universe at once began to exist.

- Author: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin.md)
- Book: [City Of Illusions](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/city-of-illusions.md)
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> It seemed, at least, that they had not taught the boy to lie. But they had not taught him to know truth from lies.

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> The more defensive a society, the more conformist.

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> He liked the vast openness of sky and prairie, and found loneliness a pleasure with so immense a domain to be alone in.

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