But what is the sense of giving a boundary to all that? Of giving it a name, ceasing to love where the name ceases to apply? What is love of one's country? Is it hate of one's un-country?

Ursula K. Le Guin Left Hand of Darkness

Like all power seekers Pae was amazingly short sighted. There was a trivial, abortive quality to his mind. It lacked depth, affect, imagination. It was in fact a primitive instrument yet its potentiality had been real

Ursula K. Le Guin The Dispossessed