# Quote — Octavia E. Butler, Patternmaster

> “I’ll tell you,” she said softly. “But you won’t like it.”
>
> He looked away from her. “I asked for the truth. Whether I like it or not, I have to know.”

- Author: [Octavia E. Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler.md)
- Book: [Patternmaster](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/patternmaster.md)
- Page: 717
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler#Patternmaster_(1976)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/patternmaster/ill-tell-you

## More from this book

> I can’t do it, Joachim. I wouldn’t be able to live with myself. A long leash is still a leash. And Coransee will still be at the other end of it, holding on.

p. 689 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/patternmaster/i-cant-do-it-joachim.md)