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I figured I would start posting quotes from dog-eared pages of books that I have around the house, meaning there was something on the page I found interesting. (Yes, I dog-ear my books -- I even write in them sometimes 😳)
Lately, I've particularly been thinking of Octavia Butler a lot. Surely, many folks have.
Bold is mine:
Lately, I've particularly been thinking of Octavia Butler a lot. Surely, many folks have.
Bold is mine:
...the United States of America ... lost no important war, yet it did not survive the Pox. Perhaps it simply lost sight of what it once intended to be, then blundered aimlessly until it exhausted itself.
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Butler, Octavia (1998). Parable of the Talents (2007 Reissue). Grand Central Publishing, p. 8
Her quote stuck with me, that the US lost sight of what it once intended to be. She perfectly nailed our current situation 27 years ago!