“Because many of the people who were taken by the wasting disease happened to be white, God was not a viable culprit.” ― Walidah Imarisha, Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements

“And for those of us from communities with historic collective trauma, we must understand that each of us is already science fiction walking around on two legs. Our ancestors dreamed us up and then bent reality to create us.” ― Walidah Imarisha, Octavia's Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements