Ursula K. Le Guin quote: I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the ...

I suspect that the distinction between a maternal and a paternal instinct is scarcely worth making; the parental instinct, the wish to protect, to further, is not a sex-linked characteristic…

~ Ursula K. Le Guin ~

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