What will they do when they have only the herbs" he asked h… - Octavia E. Butler

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What will they do when they have only the herbs" he asked her.
"Live or die as best they can," she said. "Everything truly alive dies sooner or later.

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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

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What will they do when they have only the herbs" he asked her. "Live or die as best they can," she said. "Everything truly alive dies sooner or later. - Octavia E. Butler

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