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

> I realize I don’t know very much. None of us knows very much. But we can all learn more. Then we can teach one another. We can stop denying reality or hoping it will go away by magic.

- 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: 58
- 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/i-realize-i-dont

## 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)