Octavia E.Butler

Dawn

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  • Carol Inahas quoted3 years ago
    Food and pleasure so sharp and sweet it cleared everything else from her mind. There were whole bananas, dishes of sliced pineapple, whole figs, shelled nuts of several kinds, bread and honey, a vegetable stew filled with corn, peppers, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, mushrooms, herbs, and spices.
  • allondriuxhas quoted4 years ago
    he had decided that reality was whatever happened, whatever she perceived
  • allondriuxhas quoted4 years ago
    Awakening was hard, as always. The ultimate disappointment.
  • Djenne Granthas quoted7 years ago
    “You are hierarchical. That’s the older and more entrenched characteristic. We saw it in your closest animal relatives and in your most distant ones. It’s a terrestrial characteristic. When human intelligence served it instead of guiding it, when human intelligence did not even acknowledge it as a problem, but took pride in it or did not notice it at all …” The rattling sounded again. “That was like ignoring cancer. I think your people did not realize what a dangerous thing they were doing.”
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