People are sharing quotes by the brilliant Ursula K Le Guin, who has died aged 88

Ursula K Le Guin, the award-winning fantasy and science fiction author of The Left Hand of Darkness and A Wizard of Earthsea, has died at the age of 88.

Here’s what people have been sharing online.

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Sorry to hear that Ursula Le Guin has died. She was one of the greats. “Words Are My Matter” is my favourite book on the subject of writing itself.

— Stephen Fry (@stephenfry) January 24, 2018

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'There must be darkness, to see the stars' – Ursula Le Guin.

— Glen O'Hara (@gsoh31) January 23, 2018

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Usula K. LeGuin, one of the greats, has passed. Not just a science fiction writer; a literary icon. Godspeed into the galaxy.

— Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 23, 2018

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https://twitter.com/eoin_dara/status/955930636346363904

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https://twitter.com/Vallmeister/status/955944526568308736

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Ursula Le Guin wrote maybe the most beautiful opening paragraph of any book I've ever read. It's from The Lathe of Heaven.

I have it bookmarked for when I forget how words work. I read it all the time. It's here. pic.twitter.com/8YCxXYLbC8

— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) January 23, 2018

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Early last year, Ursula Le Guin wrote to The Oregonian, on the subject of "alternative facts." https://t.co/uLsuni9j25 pic.twitter.com/FhvvQLuhFz

— Letters of Note (@LettersOfNote) January 23, 2018

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https://twitter.com/womenslibrary/status/955940477194383360

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I loved the Earthsea books when I was young. Viva Ged. https://t.co/AP3wn1Tid2

— Louis Theroux (@louistheroux) January 24, 2018

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"Hard times are coming, when we’ll be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now, who can see through our fear-stricken society and its obsessive technologies to other ways of being, and even imagine real grounds for hope." RIP Ursula Le Guin

— Hannah Waters (@hannahjwaters) January 23, 2018