Octavia E. Butler cytaty

Octavia Estelle Butler – amerykańska pisarka science-fiction. Laureatka nagród Hugo i Nebula.

✵ 22. Czerwiec 1947 – 24. Luty 2006   •   Natępne imiona Օկտավիա Բատլեր, اکتاویا باتلر
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Octavia E. Butler cytaty

Octavia E. Butler: Cytaty po angielsku

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

Octavia E. Butler książka Mind of My Mind

Źródło: 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 książka Parable of the Talents

Wariant: In order to rise
From its own ashes
A phoenix
First
Must
Burn.
Źródło: 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 książka Parable of the Sower

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

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

Octavia E. Butler książka Kindred

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

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

Octavia E. Butler książka Parable of the Sower

Źródło: 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

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

“Life was treasure. The only treasure.”

Octavia E. Butler książka Imago

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

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

Octavia E. Butler książka Parable of the Talents

Źródło: 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 książka 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 książka Parable of the Sower

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