Forget Inspiration. Habit Is More Dependable.

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.

The Only Black People You Found Were Occasional Characters Or Characters Who Were So Feeble-witted That They Couldn't Manage Anything, Anyway. I Wrote Myself In, Since I'm Me And I'm Here And I'm Writing.

The Thing About Science Fiction Is That It's Totally Wide Open. But It's Wide Open In A Conditional Way.

Change Is The One Unavoidable, Irresistible, Ongoing Reality Of The Universe. To Us, That Makes It The Most Powerful Reality, And Just Another Word For God. Earthseed: The Books Of The Living Lauren Oya Olamina

Civilization Is To Groups What Intelligence Is To Individuals. It Is A Means Of Combining The Intelligence Of Many To Achieve Ongoing Group Adaptation. Civilization, Like Intelligence, May Serve Well, Serve Adequately, Or Fail To Serve Its Adaptive Function. When Civilization Fails To Serve, It Must Disintegrate Unless It Is Acted Upon By Unifying Internal Or External Forces.