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Wild Seed
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"Wild Seed" Quotes

Doro, an immortal entity, creates a lineage of powerful shapeshifters through a connection with the healer Anyanwu.

Quotes

To save her, I had to destroy her. I never knew how much I wanted to save her until I destroyed her.

Octavia E. Butler

lovesacrifice

The only way to deal with Doro was to destroy him. The only way to deal with him was to keep him close.

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conflictstrategy

We are two of a kind, separated only by time and experience.

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connectionfate

I have been a stranger in a strange land, but I am not the only one.

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identityalienation

It is easier to destroy than to create. In the end, we all become what we hate.

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destructiontransformation

Power is its own end. Knowledge is power. The more power, the more knowledge.

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powerknowledge

We are creatures of the earth. We are linked to it. We are part of it.

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natureconnection

I can change. I can become what I need to become.

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adaptationgrowth

The fear of being different prevents most people from seeking beyond what they see and hear.

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fearopen-mindedness

The dead are not helpless. They watch and listen and remember. They know all the secrets that the living have forgotten.

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deathmemory