I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.
Octavia E. ButlerTags: books writing stories telling-stories
In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
Earthseed: The Books of the Living
Lauren Oya Olamina
I'm Valerie Rye,' she said, savoring the words. 'It's all right for you to talk to me.
Octavia E. ButlerTags: communication speech
All that you touch
You Change.
All that you Change
Changes you.
The only lasting truth
is Change.
God
is Change.
To get along with God,
Consider the consequences of your behavior.
Earthseed: The Books of the Living
Tags: inspirational
When apparent stability disintegrates,
As it must--
God is Change--
People tend to give in
To fear and depression,
To need and greed.
When no influence is strong enough
To unify people
They divide.
They struggle,
One against one,
Group against group,
For survival, position, power.
They remember old hates and generate new ones,
The create chaos and nurture it.
They kill and kill and kill,
Until they are exhausted and destroyed,
Until they are conquered by outside forces,
Or until one of them becomes
A leader
Most will follow,
Or a tyrant
Most fear.
Tags: power hate instability leaders division unification
Change
is the one unavoidable,
irresistible,
ongoing reality of the universe.
To us,
that makes it the most powerful reality,
and just another word for
God.
Earthseed: The Books of the Living
Lauren Oya Olamina
He could not tell her that he was angry because she did not love him. Even he could not utter such foolishness. Certainly, he did not love her. He did not love anyone except perhaps Isaac and a very few of his other children. Yet he wanted Anyanwu to be like his many other women and treat him like a god in human form, competing for his attention no matter how repugnant his latest body nor even whether he might be looking for a new body. They knew he took women almost as readily as he took men. Especially, he took women who had already given him what he wanted of them--usually several children. They served him and never thought they might be his next victims. Someone else. Not them.
Octavia E. ButlerAll struggles are essentially power struggles. Who will rule? Who will lead? Who will define, refine, confine, design? Who will dominate? All struggles are essentially power struggles, and most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.
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