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Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

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There is no end To what a living world Will demand of you.
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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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I lost an arm on my last trip home.
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I began reading science fiction before I was 12 and started writing science fiction around the same time.
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Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.
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Civilization is to groups what intelligence is to individuals. It is a means of combining the intelligence of many to achieve ongoing group adaptation.
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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. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.
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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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I wanted to write a novel that would make others feel the history: the pain and fear that black people have had to live through in order to endure.
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And I have this little litany of things they can do. And the first one, of course, is to write - every day, no excuses. It's so easy to make excuses. Even professional writers have days when they'd rather clean the toilet than do the writing.
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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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If you want a thing--truly want it, want it so badly that you need it as you need air to breathe, then unless you die, you will have it. Why not? It has you. There is no escape. What a cruel and terrible thing escape would be if escape were possible
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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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To get along with God, Consider the consequences of your behavior. Earthseed: The Books of the Living
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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There's no narcotic like exhaustion.
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When your rage is choking you, it is best to say nothing.
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He was like me - a kindred spirit crazy enough to keep on trying.
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