Parable of the Sower

by Octavia E. Butler

All that you touch You Change. All that you Change Changes you. The only lasting truth Is Change. God Is Change.

These are my people. But I hate it. It’s like an island surrounded by sharks—except that sharks don’t bother you unless you go in the water. But our land sharks are on their way in. It’s just a matter of how long it takes for them to get hungry enough.

Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals.

There’s nothing safe about slavery.”