Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Talents

"In order to riseFrom its own ashesA phoenixFirstMustBurn."

"Beware:Ignorance Protects itself.IgnorancePromotes suspicion.SuspicionEngenders fear.Fear quails,Irrational and blind,Or fear looms,Defiant and closed.Blind, closed,Suspicious, afraid,IgnoranceProtects itself,And protected,Ignorance grows."