I'll tell you," she said softly. "But you won't like it." H… - Octavia E. Butler

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I'll tell you," she said softly. "But you won't like it."
He looked away from her. "I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know.

Octavia E. Butler

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Octavia E. Butler (June 22, 1947 – February 24, 2006) was an American science fiction writer, one of the very few African-American women in the field.

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Birth Name: Octavia Estelle Butler

Alternative Names: Octavia Butler

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I’m literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal.

They had clearly feared turn-of-the-century irrationality—religious overzealousness on one side, destructive hedonism on the other, with both heated by ideological intolerance and corporate greed.

A victim of God may,
Through learning adaption,
Become a partner of God,
A victim of God may,
Through forethought and planning,
Become a shaper of God.
Or a victim of God may,
Through shortsightedness and fear,
Remain God’s victim,
God’s plaything,
God’s prey.

I'll tell you," she said softly. "But you won't like it." He looked away from her. "I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know. - Octavia E. Butler

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