He rubbed his head again. 'Five years is longer than it sounds. So much longer.

"It's better to teach people than to scare them, Lauren. If you scare them and nothing happens, they lose their fear, and you lose some of your authority with them. It's harder to scare them a second time, harder to teach them, harder to win back their trust. Best to begin by teaching."

Octavia E. Butler

"There is no endTo what a living worldWill demand of you."

Octavia E. Butler