Parable of the Sower

Octavia Butler

“They brought her peaches and figs and a length of good cotton cloth last month when she was robbed.” p. 22

“Tree crops were their special victims: Peaches, plums, figs, persimmons, nuts…And crops like strawberries, blackberries, grapes…Whatever we planted, if they could get a t it, they would.” p. 38

“I bit into a piece of acorn bread that was full of dried fruit and nuts. It’s a favorite of mine, but I managed to chew and swallow without tasting it.” p. 55

“We made sandwiches—dried beef, cheese, sliced tomatoes—all on bread made from wheat flour. And we ate grapes. It was a shame we had to hurry. We hadn’t had anything that good tasting for a long time.” p. 247

“ ‘What’s wrong,’ she asked. She had opened a plastic container of bean salad. Now she put it down on my night table.

‘Don’t you ever wonder if Amy and Ms. Sims are the lucky ones?’ I asked. ‘I mean don’t you ever wonder what’s going to happen to the rest of us?’" p. 52

“Once we were settled, they came over to us, uncertain and suspicious, offering us small pieces of their treasure: milk chocolate full of almonds. Real milk chocolate, not carob candy. It was the best thing I’d tasted since long before leaving Robledo.” p. 210