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Octavia E Butler Quotes

I’m very happy alone Picture Quote #1

Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other ‘isms’ that cause so much suffering in the world Picture Quote #1

I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking Picture Quote #1

I’m comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of a large city, a pessimist if I’m not careful, a feminist, a black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty and drive Picture Quote #1

When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away Picture Quote #1

I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ Picture Quote #1

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People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn’t Picture Quote #1

Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically Picture Quote #1

Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in a single generation, other species make over many generations of selective breeding and selective dying Picture Quote #1

I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision Picture Quote #1

Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned Picture Quote #1

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce Picture Quote #1

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Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that’s what a lot of them think science fiction is Picture Quote #1

Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you’ve set. But if you’re writing about science, you have to first learn what you’re writing about Picture Quote #1

If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for? Picture Quote #1

Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it’s all in your head? Picture Quote #1

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I’m very happy alone (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other ‘isms’ that cause so much suffering in the world. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) I used to give up writing like some people would give up smoking (Octavia E Butler Quotes) I’m comfortably asocial - a hermit in the middle of a large city, a pessimist if I’m not careful, a feminist, a black, a former Baptist, an oil-and-water combination of ambition, laziness, insecurity, certainty and drive. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) When I was 7 and went to the zoo with my second-grade class, I saw chimpanzee eyes for the first time - the eyes of an unhappy animal, all alone, locked in a bare, concrete-floored, iron-barred cage in one of the nastier, old-fashioned zoos. I remember looking at the chimp, then looking away. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) I took classes taught by an elderly woman who wrote children’s stories. She was polite about the science fiction and fantasy that I kept handing in, but she finally asked in exasperation, ‘Can’t you write anything normal?’ (Octavia E Butler Quotes) People who think about time travel stories sometimes think that going back in time would be fun because you would have all the information you needed to be much more astute than the people there, when the truth is of course you wouldn’t. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Getting your writing criticized can be a lot like getting skinned, and you respond to it just as enthusiastically. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Intelligence is ongoing, individual adaptability. Adaptations that an intelligent species may make in a single generation, other species make over many generations of selective breeding and selective dying. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) I think we need people with stronger ideals than John Kerry or Bill Clinton. I think we need people with more courage and vision. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Tolerance, like any aspect of peace, is forever a work in progress, never completed, and, if we’re as intelligent as we like to think we are, never abandoned. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Hollywood wants to go for the flash, because that’s what a lot of them think science fiction is. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Fantasy is totally wide open; all you really have to do is follow the rules you’ve set. But if you’re writing about science, you have to first learn what you’re writing about. (Octavia E Butler Quotes) If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for? (Octavia E Butler Quotes) Delusional pain hurts just as much as pain from actual trauma. So what if it’s all in your head? (Octavia E Butler Quotes)