I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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.
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 …
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.
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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