Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -… [729]

I hope they’re refused. I know it’s selfish, but I don’t care. Not that it makes any difference what I hope. Oh hell. I hope they get whatever will be best for their survival. I hope they’ll be all right. — , Octavia E. Butler - Earthseed, Book 1 -…, 729

Note

A wish performed and then dismantled in four sentences, ending on a repetition that is not a resolution so much as a resignation. The interjection ‘Oh hell’ is the hinge — the moment self-knowledge overrides desire, in the flattest possible diction.