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I don't write about good and evil with this enormous dichotomy. I write about people.
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A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.
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Margaret Weylin complained because she couldn't find anything to complain about.
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Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.
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Octavia Butler |
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If you don't care about my people, why should I care about yours?
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Octavia Butler |
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Life was treasure. The only treasure.
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Octavia Butler |
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Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up.
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People have changed the climate of the world. Now they're waiting for the old days to come back'
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A treeIn its parents' shadows.
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Octavia Butler |
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The Destiny of EarthseedIs to take root among the stars.
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Octavia Butler |
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If everyone could feel everyone else's pain, who would torture?
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Octavia Butler |
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The only way to prove to yourself that you have power is to use it
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Octavia Butler |
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There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
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Octavia Butler |
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You tend to resent people you're afraid of
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Octavia Butler |
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I wonder what a badge is, other than a license to steal.
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Octavia Butler |
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You're truly free for the first time. What could be more difficult than that?
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Octavia Butler |
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Consider--But with potential.
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Octavia Butler |
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We give our deadTo life.
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Octavia Butler |
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If you hear nonsense like that often enough for long enough, you begin to believe it.
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Octavia Butler |
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I'm literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal.
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Octavia Butler |
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How completely, how thoroughly he has stolen my child. I have never even tried to forgive him.
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Octavia Butler |
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My ignorance wasn't just annoying. It was dangerous.
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Octavia Butler |