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Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness Quotes: To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non-existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof.
         

To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non-existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof.


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To be an atheist is to maintain God. His existence or his non-existence, it amounts to much the same, on the plane of proof.
         



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