Quotes of Octavia Butler

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Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it.

- Octavia Butler

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“ Caution not spirit, let it roam wild; for in that natural state dance embraces divine frequency. ”

- Shah Asad Rizvi

“ The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of comfort. ”

- Confucius

“ Most people never truly live because they never do what they truly love. ”

- Tanner Walling

“ If you sow kindness, you will reap love. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ I know that the whole point—the only point—is to find the things that matter, and hold on to them, and fight for them, and refuse to let them go. ”

- Lauren Oliver

“ I find it odd the greed of mankind. People only like you for as long as they perceive they can get what they want from you. Or for as long as they perceive you are who they want you to be. But I like people for all of their changing surprises, the thoughts in their heads, the warmth that changes to cold and the cold that changes to warmth... for being human. The rawness of being human delights me. ”

- C. JoyBell C.

“ That man is a success who has lived well, laughed often and loved much. ”

- Robert Louis Stevenson

“ Love is beautiful as written in The Greatest Proposal Book ”

- Khuliso Mamathoni

“ One word Frees us of all the weight and pain of life: That word is love. ”

- Sophocles

“ There is real magic in enthusiasm. It spells the difference between mediocrity and accomplishment ”

- Norman Vincent Peale

“ Legacy is greater than currency ”

- Gary Vaynerchuk

“ What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us. ”

- Helen Keller

“ When someone beats a rug, the blows are not against the rug, but against the dust in it. ”

- Gandhi

“ You are successful in my book if you do what you love for a living; you do not owe money to anyone; you have a place what you call home; you have a wife/husband, a girlfriend/boyfriend, or a partner who loves and respects you; and most importantly, you are surrounded by friends and loved ones who stand by you in good and bad days. ”

- JOHN TASKINSOY

“ For men, I think, love is a thing formed of equal parts lust and astonishment. The astonishment part women understand. The lust part they only think they understand. ”

- Stephen King

“ Those who complain about being constrained in their job and life should ask themselves one simple question. Are you constrained by chains or in your own mind? ”

- RJ Intindola

“ Love overcomes bitterness, overpowers sorrow, overwhelms anger, and overthrows hatred. Medicine heals the body, faith heals the heart, wisdom heals the mind, and love heals the soul. ”

- Matshona Dhliwayo

“ Love shapes who you are in many ways. Its presence or absence in our youth impacts our adulthood, which impacts our future generations; the cycle has to be restarted somewhere. ”

- Hani Selim

“ That's a misconception, Lennie. The sky is everywhere, it begins at your feet. ”

- Jandy Nelson

“ There are many Mondays to go before I die. I may as well look forward to them. ”

- Trevor Carss

“ We're staying together," he promised. "You're not getting away from me. Never again. ”

- Rick Riordan

“ Never run from the truth. It is always there; it never changes – save your energy. ”

- Steve Maraboli

“ Dripping water hollows out stone, not through force but through persistence. ”

- Ovid

“ Maybe everyone can live beyond what they're capable of. ”

- Markus Zusak