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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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- “Your teachersAre all around you.All that you perceive,All that you experience,All that is given to youor take…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has re…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and fru…”Octavia E. Butler
- “Most of us don't have to worry about being shot if we poke our noses outside. So we are comfortable, but the…”Octavia E. Butler
Science Fiction: more sayings
- “This is a Spartacan fighting knife. Heard of the Spartacan Scouts? Rough boys. This knife belonged to one of…”Henry V. O'Neil
- “In the empty expanses of space, the wandering traders need men like myself to care for the spiritual side of…”Isaac Asimov
- “Nice dress,” Victoria said.“Thank you,” Perpetua said. “Do you mind if I ask you a personal question?”Victori…”Benjamin R. Smith
More Science quotes
- “It will be seen how there can be the idea of a special science, the *critique of pure reason* as it may be ca…”Immanuel Kant
- “The scientific method is nothing more than a system of rules to keep us from lying to each other.”Ken Norris
- “I am sure my fellow-scientists will agree with me if I say that whatever we were able to achieve in our later…”Felix Bloch
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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