"Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngende..." - Octavia E. Butler

Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows.

— Octavia E. Butler
Science fiction writer

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About Octavia E. Butler

Octavia E. Butler was a 20th-century American science fiction writer. Octavia Estelle Butler was an American science fiction and speculative fiction writer who won several awards for her works, including Hugo, Locus, and Nebula awards. In 1995, Butler became the first science-fiction writer to receive a MacArthur Fellowship. Read more on Wikipedia →

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Truth — Meditations on honesty, authenticity, and the search for truth

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