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About Octavia E. Butler
American science fiction and speculative fiction author
Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction and speculative fiction author. She won the Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards, and in 1995 became the first science fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Her work helped define modern speculative fiction, and she is especially known for writing that brought discipline and force to the genre. The record here shows 113 quotes from her.
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- “Read every day and learn from what you read.”Octavia E. Butler
- “Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Was an eternity of absolute ease just another name for hell?”Octavia E. Butler
- “You are hierarchical. That's the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal r…”Octavia E. Butler
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- “Well, sometimes things don't change on their own. Sometimes we have to change them.”Suzanne LaFleur
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- “A book lying idle on a shelf is wasted ammunition.”Henry Miller
- “My own life has been doubly disconnected, as I've written books under two different names. As an author, your…”Sophie Kinsella
- “In the case of 'Ocean at the End of the Lane,' it's a book about helplessness. It's a book about family, it's…”Neil Gaiman
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Books by Octavia E. Butler
Kindred
1979
Fledgling
2005
Parable of the Sower
1993
Parable of the Talents
1998
Adulthood Rites
1988