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The big talent is persistence.

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The only black people you found were occasional characters or characters who were so feeble-witted that they couldn't manage anything, anyway. I wrote myself in, since I'm me and I'm here and I'm writing.
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Change is the one unavoidable, irresistible, ongoing reality of the universe. To us, that makes it the most powerful reality, and just another word for God. Earthseed: The Books of the Living Lauren Oya Olamina
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Not everyone has been a bully or the victim of bullies, but everyone has seen bullying, and seeing it, has responded to it by joining in or objecting, by laughing or keeping silent, by feeling disgusted or feeling interested.
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Humans said one thing with their bodies and another with their mouths and everyone had to spend time and energy figuring out what they really meant. And once you did understand them, the Humans got angry and acted as though you had stolen thoughts from their minds.
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I'm literate, and the idea of leaving children illiterate is criminal.
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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.
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Humans persecute their different ones, yet they need them to give themselves definition and status.
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I'm trying to speak--to write-the truth. Im trying to be clear. I'm not interested in being fancy, or even original. Clarity and truth will be plenty, if I can only achieve them.
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The differences you perceive between Humans-between groups of Humans-are the result of isolation and inbreeding, mutation, and adaptation to different Earth environments
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To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living
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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.
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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.
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To be led by a fool is to be led by the opportunists who control the fool.
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The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.
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A workshop is a way of renting an audience, and making sure you're communicating what you think you're communicating. It's so easy as a young writer to think you're been very clear when in fact you haven't.
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I have a huge and savage conscience that won't let me get away with things.
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You are horror and beauty in rare combination.
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Listen, no part of me is more definitive of who I am than my brain.
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Religion is a dangerous prod, because it can always be misused and get out of hand, but it's useful for keeping people on the straight and narrow.
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There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
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