The Dispossessed

During his time on Urras, Shevek remembers how his childhood friend Tirin, on Anarres, used to wonder about life on Urras, suggesting that there might be something worthwhile in Urrasti culture: 

He and Tirin and Bedap had used to talk half the night, teasing and daring each other into always bolder flights of mind. He vividly remembered some of those nights. He saw Tirin, Tirin saying, “If we knew what Urras was really like, maybe some of us would want to go there.” And he had been so shocked by the idea that he had jumped all over Tirin, and Tir had backed down at once; he had always backed down, poor damned soul, and he had always been right.

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