What harm have the trees done them?” he said. "Must they punish the grass for their own faults? Men are savages, who would set a land afire because they have a quarrel with other men. (Ursula K. Le Guin)

What harm have the trees done them?” he said. "Must they punish the grass for their own faults? Men are savages, who would set a land afire because they have a quarrel with other men.

Ursula K. Le Guin

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