Octavia E. Butler

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All that you touchYou Change.All that you ChangeChanges you.The only lasting truthis Change.Godis Change

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In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn

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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice

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People have the right to call themselves whatever they like. That doesn't bother me. It's other people doing the calling that bothers me

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Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows