“Kindness eases change. Love quiets fear. And a sweet and powerful Positive obsession Blunts pain, Diverts rage, And engages each of us… — Octavia E. Butler Change Copy Share Image
Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and… — Octavia E. Butler Beginning Copy Share Image
The lovely thing about writing is, well, two things. One, writing fiction allows us to bring an order to our lives that… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
Every story I write adds to me a little, changes me a little, forces me to reexamine an attitude or belief, causes… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time -… — Octavia E. Butler Alone Copy Share Image
I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children's stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“I can take a lot of pain without falling apart. I’ve had to learn to do that. But it was hard, today,… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“Se sono tuoi, stabilisci tu le regole. A chi importa che cosa ne pensano i giocattoli? Spazza via l'intera famiglia di un… — Octavia E. Butler Amor Copy Share Image
As a black and as a woman, I didn't think that I would really want to live in any of the eras… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“Reading these tales is like looking at a photograph of a child whom you only knew as an adult. In her eyes… — Octavia E. Butler Children Copy Share Image
The major tragedies in life, there's just no compensation. But the minor ones you can always write about. It's my way of… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
