# Quote — Ursula K. Le Guin, The Eye of the Heron

> If I don’t speak truth I can’t seek truth.

- Author: [Ursula K. Le Guin](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin.md)
- Book: [The Eye of the Heron](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron.md)
- Page: 77
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Ursula_K._Le_Guin#The_Eye_of_the_Heron_(1978)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron/if-i-dont

## More from this book

> Nobody had made this wilderness, and there was no evil in it and no good; it simply was.

p. 162 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron/nobody-had-made.md)

> In the self-important, Falco reflected, there is always room for a little more self-importance.

p. 66 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron/in-the-self-important.md)

> Why should he remember her? Why should she remember him? She had other things to think about. She was a grown woman. She had to face life. Even if all life had to show her was a locked door, and behind the locked door, no room.

p. 30 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/ursula-k-le-guin/the-eye-of-the-heron/why-should-he-remember.md)