I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.
Souls! When have you seen your own soul - that you're so certain you have one? - Octavia Butler
Souls! When have you seen your own soul - that you're so certain you have one?
- Octavia Butler
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your… - Octavia Butler
First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your…
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive. - Octavia Butler
I'm a pessimist if I'm not careful, a feminist, a Black,...an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty, and drive.
We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose. - Octavia Butler
We're all capable of climbing so much higher than we usually permit ourselves to suppose.
Consider We are born Not with purpose, But with potential. - Octavia Butler
Consider We are born Not with purpose, But with potential.
In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn. - Octavia Butler
In order to rise From its own ashes A phoenix First Must Burn.
Beware: Ignorance Protects itself. Ignorance Promotes suspicion. Suspicion Engenders fear. Fear quails, Irrational and blind, Or fear looms, Defiant … - Octavia Butler
Beware: Ignorance Protects itself. Ignorance Promotes suspicion. Suspicion Engenders fear. Fear quails, Irrational and blind, Or fear looms, Defiant …
I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing. - Octavia Butler
I'm me, and I'm here, and I'm writing.
There's no narcotic like exhaustion. - Octavia Butler
There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
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