Parable of the Sower Quotes

“Our adults haven't been wiped out by a plague so they're still anchored in the past, waiting for the good old days to come back.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

“And the only way to prove to yourself you have power is to use it.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

“Octavia didn't just reject pessimism once and become a sunny Pollyanna thereafter. It was an impulse she had to quell over and over. It was a dynamic and continuous act, a hard-nosed practice of staring down the worst of humanity's evils and refusing to live in denial, all the while choosing to remember that humanity is also capable of great good.”
― john jennings, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation

“¿Y qué debería estar haciendo yo? ¿Qué puedo hacer? En menos de un año voy a tener dieciocho y seré adulta, una adulta sin más expectativas que la vida en nuestro barrio que se está desintegrando.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower: A Graphic Novel Adaptation