Octavia E.Butler

Parable of the Talents

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  • Alicia Reyes Morenohas quoted2 years ago
    But the Church wasn’t only a religion. It was a community—my community. I didn’t want to be free of it. That would have been—had been—impossibly lonely. Everyone needs to be part of something.
  • Alicia Reyes Morenohas quoted2 years ago
    “If God is Change, then…then who loves us? Who cares about us? Who cares for us?”
    “We care for one another,” I said. “We care for ourselves and one another.” And I quoted,
    “Kindness eases Change.
    Love quiets fear.”
    At that, she surprised me. She said, “Yes, I liked that one.” And she finished the quote:
    “And a sweet and powerful
    Positive obsession
    Blunts pain,
    Diverts rage,
    And engages each of us
    In the greatest,
  • Alicia Reyes Morenohas quoted2 years ago
    The most intense
    Of our chosen struggles.”
  • Alicia Reyes Morenohas quoted2 years ago
    Did she struggle for life only out of habit, or because some part of her still hoped that there was something worth living for?
  • votlendisfuglahas quoted4 years ago
    All too often, they were actually fought because inadequate leaders did not know what else to do.
  • votlendisfuglahas quoted4 years ago
    We caused the problems: then we sat and watched as they grew into crises.
  • votlendisfuglahas quoted4 years ago
    It would be more honest to say that the Pox was caused by our own refusal to deal with obvious problems in those areas.
  • votlendisfuglahas quoted4 years ago
    Consider—

    We are born

    Not with purpose,

    But with potential.
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