Earthseed: Parable of the Sower and Parable of the Talents

by Octavia E. Butler

My God doesn’t love me or hate me or watch over me or know me at all, and I feel no love for or loyalty to my God. My God just is.

Because he believed stories were so important as teaching tools, I learned to pay more attention to them than I might have otherwise.

Help us to make America great again.”

Jarret’s supporters are more than a little seduced by Jarret’s talk of making America great again. He seems to be unhappy with certain other countries. We could wind up in a war. Nothing like a war to rally people around flag, country, and great leader.

We’re becoming more and more isolated as a people. We’re sliding into undirected negative change, and what’s worse, we’re getting used to it.

Poor doesn’t matter as much if you can make a place for yourself and be respected.