“At its best, science fiction stimulates imagination and creativity. It gets reader and writer off the beaten track, off the narrow, narrow… — Octavia E. Butler Creativity Copy Share Image
“I'd rather see the others." "What others?" "The ones who make it. The ones living in freedom now." "If any do." "They… — Octavia E. Butler Freedom Copy Share Image
“That was what she said in the first of her verses in Earthseed: The First Book of the Living. All that you… — Octavia E. Butler Books Copy Share Image
“He led the way past the main house away from the slave cabins and other buildings, away from the small slave children… — Octavia E. Butler Children Copy Share Image
“The essentials," I answered, "are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“Your teachers Are all around you. All that you perceive, All that you experience, All that is given to you or taken… — Octavia E. Butler Change Copy Share Image
“After a few years of watching the human species make things unnecessarily difficult for itself I have little hope that it will… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker… — Octavia E. Butler Animal Copy Share Image
“Così funziona. Quel Dio dell'Antico Testamento non contraddice il mondo in cui sono le cose adesso, ma assomiglia parecchio a Zeus. Sembra… — Octavia E. Butler Amor Copy Share Image
“To survive, Let the past Teach you-- Past customs, Struggles, Leaders and thinkers. Let These Help you. Let them inspire you, Warn… — Octavia E. Butler Change Copy Share Image
“There were still some Humans who insisted on seeing the ooloi as some kind of male-female combination, but the ooloi were no… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
