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Lauren Olamina Quotes

14 of the best book quotes from Lauren Olamina
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“Prodigy is, at its essence, adaptability and persistent, positive obsession. Without persistence, what remains is an enthusiasm of the moment. Without adaptability, what remains may be channeled into destructive fanaticism. Without positive obsession, there is nothing at all.”
Octavia E. Butler
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Parable of the Sower
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Lauren Olamina
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“A lot of people seem to believe in a big-daddy-God or a big-cop-God or a big-king-God.”
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“I’ve never felt that it was anything other than real: discovery rather than invention.”
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“Bits of the Bible had...stayed with me even after I stop believing.”
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“All that you touch you change. All that you change changes you...God is change.”
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“The destiny of Earthseed is to take root among the stars.”
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“To get along with God, consider the consequences of your behavior”
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“Taking care of other people can be a god cure for nightmares.”
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“All struggles are essentially power struggles...two rams knocking their heads together.”
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“We...decided to call this place Acorn.”
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“Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist.”
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“A biological conscience is better than no conscience at all”
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“In order to rise from its own ashes a phoenix first must burn.”
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“God is change, and in the end, God does prevail. But we have something to say about the whens and the whys of that end.”

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