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> [The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of dealing, and it's a heck of a lot cheaper than psychiatrists. The story, you see, will get you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/the-major-tragedies-in-life-there-s-just-no-compensation-but-the/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

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## Other authors on Tragedies Life

## More by Octavia E. Butler

> [The lovely thing about writing is, well, two things. One, writing fiction allows us to bring an order to our lives that doesn't exist…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/the-lovely-thing-about-writing-is-well-two-things-one-writing-fiction/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“It’s too easy to follow bad but attractive leaders, embrace pleasurable but destructive habits, ignore looming disaster because maybe it won’t happen after all—or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/it-s-too-easy-to-follow-bad-but-attractive-leaders-embrace/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“He rubbed his head again. 'Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/he-rubbed-his-head-again-five-years-is-longer-than-it-sounds-so-much/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“Se sono tuoi, stabilisci tu le regole. A chi importa che cosa ne pensano i giocattoli? Spazza via l'intera famiglia di un giocattolo, poi…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/se-sono-tuoi-stabilisci-tu-le-regole-a-chi-importa-che-cosa-ne/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [I don't know how much of a market there is for space opera. Just because it's in the movies doesn't mean magazines are buying…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/i-don-t-know-how-much-of-a-market-there-is-for-space-opera-just/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“Freedom is dangerous but it's precious, too. You can't just throw it away or let it slip away. You can't sell it for bread…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/freedom-is-dangerous-but-it-s-precious-too-you-can-t-just-throw-it/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“Sometimes I wrote things because I couldn't say them, couldn't sort out my feelings about them, couldn't keep them bottled inside me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/sometimes-i-wrote-things-because-i-couldn-t-say-them-couldn-t-sort/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“In the book of Job, God says he made everything and he knows everything so no one has any right to question what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/in-the-book-of-job-god-says-he-made-everything-and-he-knows/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“But there’s no power in having strength and brains, and yet waiting for God to fix things for you or take revenge for you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/but-there-s-no-power-in-having-strength-and-brains-and-yet-waiting/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“After a few years of watching the human species make things unnecessarily difficult for itself I have little hope that it will do anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/after-a-few-years-of-watching-the-human-species-make-things/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“Self is. Self is body and bodily perception. Self is thought, memory, belief. Self creates. Self destroys. Self learns, discovers, becomes. Self shapes. Self…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/self-is-self-is-body-and-bodily-perception-self-is-thought-memory/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [At school I was always taller than the rest of my class, and because I was an only child, I was comfortable with adults…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/at-school-i-was-always-taller-than-the-rest-of-my-class-and-because-i/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“It was milk that had sickened her. Animal milk! These people cooked many things with animal milk!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/it-was-milk-that-had-sickened-her-animal-milk-these-people-cooked/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/religion-is-everywhere-there-are-no-human-societies-without-it/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

> [“There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-e-butler/there-is-nothing-new-under-the-sun-but-there-are-new-suns/)

[Octavia E. Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-e-butler/)

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