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“Nothing. It just finds you a lot more attractive than it does most Humans. What can you do with a beautiful woman that you can’t do with an ugly one? Nothing. It’s just a matter of preference.”

Book:Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago

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Lilith's Brood: Dawn, Adulthood Rites, and Imago

This science fiction series is a compelling narrative that delves into the transformation of humanity following a catastrophic event. The story follows a group of genetically engineered humans, known as Ooloi, as they navigate a world reshaped by their own creation. more

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Octavia Butler

Octavia E. Butler was an American science fiction writer known for her profound racial, gender, and social commentary. Her works covered a wide range of themes, including race, class, gender, and the human future. Butler's writing style was unique, often exploring human identity and the place of humans in the universe. more

“Never stop. Never stop fighting. Never stop dreaming. And don’t be afraid of wearing your heart on your sleeve - in declaring the films that you love, the films that you want to make, the life that you’ve had, and the lives you can help reflect in cinema. For myself, for a long time… maybe I felt inauthentic or something, I felt like my voice wasn’t worth hearing, and I think everyone’s voice is worth hearing. So if you’ve got something to say, say it from the rooftops.”

“I know what you are. I've always known from the beginning, Kushiel's Chosen. It is folly, to make claim on one whom the gods have marked for their own. And unlike the others, I am no fool, to grasp at that which burns to the touch. What you have given..." she raised one hand, palm upward, the garnet seal dangling at her wrist, "... I hold in an open hand.”

Knows Hands Given Known Fool Claims Raised Chosen Folly Palms Seals Wrists

Author:Jacqueline Carey

“Perhaps I cannot make my people good, she told herself, but I should at least try to make them a little less bad.”

People Should Trying Littles Targaryens Daenerys Targaryen

Book:George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons

“The dream is the liberation of the spirit from the pressure of external nature, a detachment of the soul from the fetters of matter.”

Soul Matter Dream Spirit Pressure Liberation Detachment Fetters

Book:On Dreams

Source: On Dreams

“Ensuring a bright future for all our children is the responsibility of the community, the schools, families and like it or not- politicians as well.”

Wells Children School Community Responsibility Politician Our Children Bright Future Future Is Bright

Author:Michael N. Castle

“Meanwhile, Will had begun cutting his toast into strips and was making rude pictographs out of them. Oh, that looks rather like a ...- , Jem began.”

Looks Cutting Rude Toasts Jem

Author:Cassandra Clare

“It was sometimes inconvenient to have the gold-green, slit-pupilled eyes of a cat, but this was usually easily hidden with a small glamour, and if not, well, there were quite a few ladies-and men-who didn't find it a drawback.”

Ifs Men Wells Sometimes Eye Cat Gold Green Glamour Inconvenient Slits Drawbacks