I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
Interpretation
A strong sense of morality can prevent one from acting unethically.
This quote by Octavia Butler reflects the concept of an unwavering moral compass that holds individuals accountable for their actions. It suggests that a heightened awareness of right and wrong can act as a self-imposed check, ensuring that one cannot easily escape the consequences of their behavior or justify wrongdoing.
In practice
Discussing the importance of personal ethics in a seminar.
What I'm working on now - I'm back to fantasy, although considering that it's me, I'm turning it into a kind of science fantasy. It's a vampire story - but my vampires are biological vampires. They didn't become vampires because someone bit them; they were born that way.
Slavery was a long slow process of dulling.
Here I was into astronomy, and here into anthropology, and there I go into geology. It was much more fun to be able to research and write about whatever I wanted to.
There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
Better to stay alive," I said. "At least while there's a chance to get free." I thought of the sleeping pills in my bag and wondered just how great a hypocrite I was. It was so easy to advise other people to live with their pain.
Thousands upon thousands of lights is inferior to a light of heart.
I'm not perfect. And who knows how many times I've fallen short. We all fall short. That's the amazing thing about the grace of God.
When a storm comes, it is the trees that get uprooted. Be as humble as the grass and nothing can touch you.
He who is not actively kind is cruel!
There are a lot of people who helped make Queen Latifah who she is today. I don't forget, but a lot of people do and get big heads. My mom will make me walk the dogs or take out the trash when I go home. I'm not allowed to get a big head; I've still got to do the simple things in life.
You know when I was 20 and 30, they were insecurities. Now they're just a new normal. I'm 60 years old, so my expectations of who I am and how I look and how I show up in the world had to shift. Not because I couldn't help it, or not because I did anything wrong, but because I had to get into the natural flow of my being as a woman.
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