“When vision fails
Direction is lost.

When direction is lost
Purpose may be forgotten.

When purpose if forgotten
Emotion rules alone.

When emotion rules alone,
Destruction…destruction.”

—  Octavia E. Butler , book Parable of the Talents

Source: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 13 (p. 239)

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American science fiction writer 1947–2006

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