Octavia Butler Quotes About Destiny

Quotes about: Destiny

• Sometimes being a friend means mastering the art of timing. There is a time for silence. A time to let go and allow people to hurl themselves into their own destiny. And a time to prepare to pick up the pieces when it's all over.

  Octavia Butler

  Best Friend, Friendship, Letting Go

• We need the stars... We need purpose! We need the image the Destiny to take root among the stars gives us of ourselves as a purposeful, growing species. We need to become the adult species that the Destiny can help us become! If we're to be anything other than smooth dinosaurs who evolve, specialize and die, we need the stars.... When we have no difficult, long-term purpose to strive toward, we fight each other. We destroy ourselves. We have these chaotic, apocalyptic periods of murderous craziness.

  Octavia Butler

  Stars, Fighting, Destiny

• The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.

  Octavia Butler

  Stars, Destiny, Roots

  Octavia E. Butler (2012). “Parable of the Sower”, p.428, Open Road Media

• The essentials are to learn to shape God with forethought, care, and work; to educate and benefit their community, their families and themselves; and to contribute to the fulfillment of the Destiny.

  Octavia Butler

  Destiny, Community, Essentials

  Octavia E. Butler (2017). “Earthseed: The Complete Series”, p.310, Open Road Media

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