Yes, he said, intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on growing in spite of denial. And a complex combination of genes that work together to make you intelligent as well as hierarchical will still handicap you whether you acknowledge it or not.


Part I Womb chapter 5 (p. 39) - Dawn (1987)

Octavia Butler Quotes

Yes, he said, intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on...

Yes, he said, intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on...

Yes, he said, intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on...

Yes, he said, intelligence does enable you to deny facts you dislike. But your denial doesn't matter. A cancer growing in someone's body will go on...