“That's all anybody can do right now. Live. Hold out. Survive. I don't know whether good times are coming back again. But I know that won't matter if we don't survive these times.”
"Simple peck-order bullying is only the beginning of the kind of hierarchical behavior that can lead to racism, sexism, ethnocentrism, classism, and all the other 'isms' that cause so much suffering in the world."
- Octavia E. Butler
Awareness
"You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it."
- Octavia E. Butler
Motivation
"Repressive societies always seemed to understand the danger of 'wrong' ideas."
- Octavia E. Butler
Adversity
"Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself."
- Octavia E. Butler
Creativity
"Human beings are more alike than different—damn sure more alike than we like to admit."
- Octavia E. Butler
Connection to Earth
"Don’t stop when you’re tired. Stop when you’re done."
- Unknown
Perseverance
"He that can have patience can have what he will."
- Benjamin Franklin
Perseverance
"You just can’t beat the person who never gives up."
- Babe Ruth
Perseverance
"What I've learned from running is that the time to push hard is when you're hurting like crazy and you want to give up. … Success is often just around the corner."
- James Dyson
Perseverance
"Never give up because great things take time."
- Adrian Williams
Perseverance