Octavia E. Butler said this quote

Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows.

~ Octavia E. Butler

All that you touchYou Change.All that you ChangeChanges you.The only lasting truthis Change.Godis Change.

~ Octavia E. Butler

God is Change.Earthseed: The Books of the LivingLauren Oya Olamina

~ Octavia E. Butler

In order to rise from its own ashes, a Phoenix first must burn.

~ Octavia E. Butler