# Quote — Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower

> A tree
>
> Cannot grow
>
> In its parents’ shadows.

- Author: [Octavia E. Butler](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler.md)
- Book: [Parable of the Sower](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower.md)
- Page: 82
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Octavia_Butler#Parable_of_the_Sower_(1993)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower/a-tree-cannot

## More from this book

> The Destiny of Earthseed
>
> Is to take root among the stars.

p. 84 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower/the-destiny-of-earthseed.md)

> All that you touch
>
> You Change.
>
> All that you Change
>
> Changes you.
>
> The only lasting truth
>
> Is Change.
>
> God
>
> Is Change.

p. 3 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower/all-that-you.md)

> Freedom is dangerous, Cory, but it’s precious, too. You can’t just throw it away or let it slip away. You can’t sell it for bread and pottage.

p. 122 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/octavia-e-butler/parable-of-the-sower/freedom-is-dangerous.md)