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Octavia Butler on Fear

1947–2006 United States

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Helpless lust and unreasoning anxiety were just part of growing up.

Imago (1989)

“I didn’t want to scare you. We don’t want to scare anyone.”
“No? Well, sometimes it’s a good thing to scare people. Sometimes fear is all that will keep them from doing stupid things.”

Adulthood Rites (1988)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Octavia Butler (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.