# Quote — Octavia E. Butler, Mind of My Mind

> A pet. In pets, free will was tolerated only as long as the pet owner found it amusing.

- Author: [Octavia E. Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler.md)
- Book: [Mind of My Mind](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/mind-of-my-mind.md)
- Page: 344
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler#Mind_of_My_Mind_(1977)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/mind-of-my-mind/a-pet-in-pets

## More from this book

> He showed me his fantastic library first, and that helped me warm to him a little. A guy with a room like that in his house couldn’t be all bad.

p. 288 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/mind-of-my-mind/he-showed-me-his.md)