Famous Octavia E Butler Quotes

  • I’m Valerie Rye,’ she said, savoring the words. ‘It’s all right for you to talk to me. – Octavia E Butler

    I’m Valerie Rye,’ she said, savoring the words. ‘It’s all right for you to talk to me.– Octavia E Butler

  • Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain. – Octavia E Butler

    Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain.– Octavia E Butler

  • I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm. – Octavia E Butler

    I lost an arm on my last trip home. My left arm.– Octavia E Butler

  • There is no endTo what a living worldWill demand of you. – Octavia E Butler

    There is no endTo what a living worldWill demand of you.– Octavia E Butler

  • BewareAt war Or at peace,More people die Of unenlightened self-interestThan of any other disease – Octavia E Butler

    BewareAt war Or at peace,More people die Of unenlightened self-interestThan of any other disease– Octavia E Butler

  • If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do. – Octavia E Butler

    If you work hard enough at something that doesn’t matter, you can forget for a while about the things that do.– Octavia E Butler

  • Everything is so soft here,’ he said, ‘so easy…’ ‘I know – Octavia E Butler

    Everything is so soft here,’ he said, ‘so easy…’ ‘I know– Octavia E Butler

  • Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person’s resolve. – Octavia E Butler

    Prayers only help the person doing the praying, and then, only if they strengthen and focus that person’s resolve.– Octavia E Butler

  • Power came the way a child came — with agony. – Octavia E Butler

    Power came the way a child came — with agony.– Octavia E Butler

  • I began writing about power because I had so little. – Octavia E Butler

    I began writing about power because I had so little.– Octavia E Butler