# Quote — Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild and Other Stories

> Who knows what we humans have that others might be willing to take in trade for a livable space on a world not our own.

- Author: [Octavia E. Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler.md)
- Book: [Bloodchild and Other Stories](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories.md)
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler#Bloodchild_and_Other_Stories_(1995)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories/who-knows-what

## More from this book

> You're truly free for the first time. What could be more difficult than that?

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories/youre-truly-free.md)

> “Don’t you know everything?”
>
> God smiled. “No, I outgrew that trick long ago. You can’t imagine how boring it was.”

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories/dont-you-know.md)

> They can create something beautiful, useful, even something worthless. But they create. They don't destroy.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/bloodchild-and-other-stories/they-can-create.md)