Octavia E. Butler said this quote

“ Let them see that you trust them & let them solve their own problems, make their own decisions.Do that & they will commit their lives to you. Bully the, control them out of fear or malice or just for your own convenience, & after a while you'll have to spend all your time thinking for them, controlling them, & stifling their resentment. ”

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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.

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

~ Octavia E. Butler