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* Little kids are just dumb, the smart ones and the slow ones. They do dumb things. They say what they think. They haven't learned enough yet to say what they don't really think. That comes later, when kids begin to turn into people and find out that they are alone. | * Little kids are just dumb, the smart ones and the slow ones. They do dumb things. They say what they think. They haven't learned enough yet to say what they don't really think. That comes later, when kids begin to turn into people and find out that they are alone. | ||
* Sometimes I wonder if introverts have a particular smell, which only extraverts are aware of. | * Sometimes I wonder if introverts have a particular smell, which only extraverts are aware of. | ||
| − | + | * She said it seemed like the only choices offered were to want to be what other people were, or to be what other people wanted you to be. Either to conform, or obey. | |
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{{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13552.Very_Far_Away_from_Anywhere_Else}} | {{Link|GoodReads|https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13552.Very_Far_Away_from_Anywhere_Else}} | ||
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Very Far Away from Anywhere Else is a coming-of-age teen novella written by Ursula K. Le Guin and published in 1976. Unlike most of Le Guin's other work, this story has nothing to do with fantasy or science fiction, but uses a contemporary setting and theme.
Contents
Personal
My friend Jackie had a large collection of books and asked if I wanted any of them before she sold them. This was among them. I'm pretty sure I had heard about Le Guin from her more famous work, so I took it. I read at the end of the 2000s and really liked it, but, when I tried to remember what it was about, I couldn't.
Review
Good
- The book is expertly written. Le Guin is a skilled writer and her characters are very well-developed.
Bad
Ugly
- Nothing.
Media
Covers
Representation
Quotes
- The hair is curly, and whether I wear it short or long it sticks out all over my head. I fight it with a hairbrush every morning, and lose. I like my hair. It has a lot of willpower.
- Little kids are just dumb, the smart ones and the slow ones. They do dumb things. They say what they think. They haven't learned enough yet to say what they don't really think. That comes later, when kids begin to turn into people and find out that they are alone.
- Sometimes I wonder if introverts have a particular smell, which only extraverts are aware of.
- She said it seemed like the only choices offered were to want to be what other people were, or to be what other people wanted you to be. Either to conform, or obey.
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