My race and sex had a great deal more to do with what people believed I could do than with what I actually could do. Octavia E. Butler believedealgreat Change image and share on social
Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion or not. Octavia E. Butler acknowledgehumanreligion Change image and share on social
If vampires were a separate species, and they were into genetic engineering, what would they engineer for? Octavia E. Butler engineergeneticseparate Change image and share on social
I learned that five- and-six-year-old kids have already figured out how to be intolerant. Octavia E. Butler figureintolerantkid Change image and share on social
Most vampires I have discovered are men for some reason. I guess it's because of Dracula; people are kind of feeding off that. Octavia E. Butler discoverdraculafeed Change image and share on social
Beware, all too often we say what we hear others say. We think what we are told that we think. We see what we are permitted to see. Worse, we see what we are told that we see. Octavia E. Butler badlybewarehear Change image and share on social
Science fiction is not formulaic. Octavia E. Butler fictionformulaicscience Change image and share on social
How dull it is to have people defining you. Octavia E. Butler definedullpeople Change image and share on social
Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself. Octavia E. Butler createstorywrite Change image and share on social
