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“A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Mind of My Mind

Zdroj: Mind of My Mind (1977), Chapter 5 (p. 344)

“In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Parable of the Talents

Varianta: In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
Zdroj: Parable of the Talents

“When it comes to strangers with guns,” I told her, “I think suspicion is more likely to keep you alive than trust.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Parable of the Sower

Zdroj: Parable of the Sower (1993), Chapter 11 (p. 122)

“Margaret Weylin complained because she couldn’t find anything to complain about.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Kindred

Zdroj: Kindred (1979), Chapter 3, “The Fall” section 5 (p. 81).

“A tree cannot grow in its parents’ shadows.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Parable of the Sower

Zdroj: Parable of the Sower (1993), Chapter 7 (p. 82)

“Sometimes, one must become a master to avoid becoming a slave.”

Octavia E. Butler Wild Seed

Zdroj: Wild Seed (1980), Chapter 1 (p. 11)

“Life was treasure. The only treasure.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Imago

Zdroj: Imago (1989), Chapter I, “Metamorphosis” section 6 (p. 564)

“We are born not with purpose, but with potential.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Parable of the Talents

Zdroj: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 1 (p. 1)

“I didn’t want to scare you. We don’t want to scare anyone.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Adulthood Rites

“No? Well, sometimes it’s a good thing to scare people. Sometimes fear is all that will keep them from doing stupid things.”
Part II “Phoenix” chapter 15 (p. 381)
Adulthood Rites (1988)

“All that you touch
You Change.

All that you Change
Changes you.

The only lasting truth
Is Change.

God
Is Change.”

Octavia E. Butler kniha Parable of the Sower

Zdroj: Parable of the Sower (1993), Chapter 1 (p. 3)