Ursula K. Le Guin: "Ada tembok. Itu tidak terlihat penting. Itu dibang...

"Ada tembok. Itu tidak terlihat penting. Itu dibangun dari batu yang dipotong kasar kira-kira mortir. Orang dewasa bisa melihat ke sana, dan bahkan seorang anak pun bisa memanjatnya. Di mana ia melintasi jalan, alih-alih memiliki gerbang, ia berubah menjadi sekadar geometri, garis, gagasan batas. Tapi idenya nyata. Itu penting. Selama tujuh generasi tidak ada yang lebih penting di dunia selain tembok itu. Seperti semua dinding, ambigu, bermuka dua. Apa yang ada di dalamnya dan apa yang di luar tergantung pada sisi mana Anda berada."

--- Ursula K. Le Guin

Versi Bahasa Inggris

There was a wall. It did not look important. It was built of uncut rocks roughly mortared. An adult could look right over it, and even a child could climb it. Where it crossed the roadway, instead of having a gate it degenerated into mere geometry, a line, an idea of boundary. But the idea was real. It was important. For seven generations there had been nothing in the world more important than that wall. Like all walls it was ambiguous, two-faced. What was inside it and what was outside it depended upon which side of it you were on.