Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

“We can get ready. That’s what we’ve got to do now. Get ready for what’s going to happen, get ready to survive it, get ready to make a life afterward. Get focused on arranging to survive so that we can do more than just get batted around by crazy people, desperate people, thugs, and leaders who don’t know what they’re doing!”

Worship is no good without action. With action, it’s only useful if it steadies you, focuses your efforts, eases your mind.”

“Once people get the idea that it’s all right to take what you want and destroy the rest, who knows when they’ll stop.”