Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

She babies him and lets him get away with

Maybe that’s why Keith thinks when he screws up, it’s okay.

All struggles Are essentially power struggles, And most are no more intellectual than two rams knocking their heads together.

Haha

Aura Moss

Michael Talcott—

It’s a pity, though, that my Curtis has to have a brother like Michael—not that any of us gets to choose our brothers.

Haha

Gregory

Bennett

M...

never liked my brother much. I hate him now for what he’s doing to the family—for what he’s doing to my father. I hate him. Damn, I hate him.

Bennett

Gregory

M...

CIVILIZATION IS TO GROUPS what intelligence is to individuals.

When apparent stability disintegrates, As it must—

People tend to give in To fear and depression,

To need and greed.

Almost 8 months later

KEITH

Dorotea Cruz

Now, more than ever, it’s safest to go out just at dawn, and not to try coming home until just at dawn the next morning.

rabbit stew and acorn bread—

What a piss-poor liar he is. Always was. He’s got no conscience. He just isn’t smart enough to tell convincing lies.

He had a man’s voice already. He had everything but a man’s brain.

Haha

Rubin Quintanilla

“You shot him?” The nasty smile again. “He talked to you. He was friendly to you. And you shot him.”

Then their friends don’t even help him. They just watch them burn. It’s like … I don’t know, it’s like they were fucking the fire, and like it was the best fuck they ever had.”

Almost a month later

Haha

He still had Cory’s key, and although Dad knew he had it, he hadn’t had the lock changed again.

A month and z5 days later

Yay

they wanted him to be recognized.

They cut and they cauterized and they cut and they cauterized. … Some of the wounds were days old.

Someone had an endless hatred of...

Certainly stealing from them, maybe competing too.

someone wanted it to be found, wanted it to be recognized.

Had one of his victims’ relatives or friends managed to get even at last?

The p...

By accident or by intent, all his victims were avenged.

Wardell Parrish

Tanya

The cops

they knew the cops liked to solve cases by “discovering” evidence against whomever they decided must be guilty.

That’s true

Best to give them nothing. They never helped when people called for help. They came later, and more often than not, made a bad situation worse.

Reverend R...

Cory

Maybe in time, she’ll be able to forgive me

Dad never shed a tear.