4 Quotes & Sayings By Octavia Butler

Octavia E. Butler was born in the summer of 1948 in Pasadena California, where she attended Pasadena City College before transferring to UCLA. She began writing copy for a local radio station at the age of 16. She won the Compton Crook Award at 19 for Most Promising New Writer in 1967 Read more

Octavia Butler died of cancer on Thursday, April 5,2006 in Atlanta, Georgia. She was 68 years old.

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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. Octavia Butler
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I recognize we will pay more attention when we have different leadership. Octavia Butler
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Once you grow past Mommy and Daddy coming running when you're hurt, you're really on your own. You're alone, and there's no one to help you. Octavia Butler