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

> People here in the neighborhood are saying she had no business going to Mars, anyway. All that money wasted on another crazy space trip when so many people here on earth can’t afford water, food, or shelter

- 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: 17
- 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/people-here-in-the

## 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)