Quotes by : Octavia E. Butler

Bloodchild" is my pregnant man story.

I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.

Religion is everywhere. There are no human societies without it, whether they acknowledge it as a religion....

Your teachersAre all around you.All that you perceive,All that you experience,All that is given to youor....

First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or....

There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.

It's better to teach people than to scare them, Lauren. If you scare them and nothing happens, they lose....

When I began to do a little public speaking, one of the questions I heard most often was, "What good....

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

Read every day and learn from what you read.