Octavia Butler Quotes - Page 5

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• The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments

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  Differences, Inbreeding, Groups

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago”, p.334, Open Road Media

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• Dad decided not to vote for Donner after all. He didn't vote for anyone. He said politicians turned his stomach.

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  Dad, Vote, Politician

  Octavia E. Butler (2017). “Earthseed: The Complete Series”, p.38, Open Road Media

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• I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.

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  Reading, Writing, Fiction

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• I would never have been a good scientist - my attention span was too short for that.

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  Attention, Too Short, Scientist

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• The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.

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  Fiction, Way, Conditional

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• Third, for people who aren't doing it already, take classes - they're worthwhile. Workshops or classes - a workshop is where you do actually get feedback on your work, not just something where you go and sit for a day.

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  Class, People, Feedback

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• The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.

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  Destiny, Community, Essentials

  Octavia E. Butler (2017). “Earthseed: The Complete Series”, p.310, Open Road Media

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• 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.

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  Fun, Writing, Research

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• Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.

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  Mean, Civilization, Groups

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Sower”, p.114, Open Road Media

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• Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.

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  Suicide, Jesus, Heaven

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