jay quoted The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6.5)
This short story focuses on the bittersweet ruminations of an old woman who began a …
A proper body's not an object, not an implement. Not a belonging to be admired. It's just you. Yourself. Only when it's no longer you, but yours, a thing owned, do you worry about it.
— The Day Before the Revolution by Ursula K. Le Guin (Hainish Cycle, #6.5) (14%)