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Sheri S. Tepper
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“There was a great mob of the Oracle’s Brotherhood, dancing in their ribbons, chanting and shouting in a zealot’s parody of purpose, a frantic anarchy that could see no farther than the next bit of inflammatory oratory being shouted on every corner.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The tallest Father preached. He stood before us in robes of gleaming white, surrounded by the smoke of sweet incense, fondling his groin from time to time as he talked of St. Phallus. St. Phallus loomed behind the altar, erect, massive, as though ready to rape the world. It was not the first such monument I had seen. Wherever men were ignorant and hungry for power, I had seen these things, though never one as large as this. Father fondled his groin and preached. “Holy fruit of St. Phallus,” he said. “Clean seed planted in filthy ground,” he said. “Corrupted by dirty woman-wombs,” he said.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t know the sensible plant,” said Cat wonderingly. “Where may it be found?” “It cannot be found,” the Gardener replied. “It is extinct.”
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“It cheered me a little. Enmities among one’s enemies are always comforting.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“They were betrayed, Oracle. Ganver tells me there is no anger greater than that of a zealot betrayed.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He rejoices to have done with the dead. The living need our attentions more, he says. Who can argue with that?”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“We are kinsmen, therefore allies. You will forgive me if I do not say ‘kinspersons.’ I learned my English in a more elegant setting, in a more elegant time.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I have often wondered why anger is considered by some Western religions to be a sin. It is such a marvelous protection against evil.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The difference between a true religion—and there are many which share aspects of truth—and a dangerous cult is only this: In the one the individual is freed to grow and live and learn; in the other the individual is subordinated to the will of a hierarchy, enslaved to the purposes of that hierarchy, forbidden to learn except what the cult would teach. You have only to look at the rules which govern the servants of a religion to know whether its god is God indeed, or devil!”
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“The answers to everything are in the books,” he said to her. “It is in knowing which books, of course, and where to look.”
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“Lion had few doubts about his actions. As he had said on more than one occasion, “I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt.”
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“I was always willing to help you,” she replied, “as you would have known if you had stopped accusing me and listened.”
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“Disillusionment, pain, unpleasant surprise, all were part of growing up.”
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“How did this happen?” she demanded from the world at large. “Software,” the hardware consultant opined. “Hardware,” the software support person snarled.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“What was scheduled had no connection with what actually happened.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Each day we investigate all premises within three blocks of the palace. Lookin’ for anarchists and revolutionaries, so they tell us, not that we’ve ever found any. Found a nest of revisionists once, but nobody cared.” “What were they revising?” she asked, truly curious. “Don’t know. Didn’t ask ’em.”
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“What kind of a universe would it be if we could not do small kindnesses for one another?”
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“Sometimes I despair, Ellat. Will I ever be able to surprise you?” “Yes. If you’d listen to me, ever, it would surprise me enormously.”
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“Of course, the governor says the man is mistaken.” “Governor says he's a stupid ass,” muttered Haurvatat. “I think the man has a glitch in his software somewhere.”
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“Morgot and Myra would tell her there wasn’t any reason to make promises or seek changes because the Great Mother didn’t bargain. The deity didn’t change her mind for women’s convenience. Her way was immutable. As the temple servers said, “No sentimentality, no romance, no false hopes, no self-petting lies, merely that which is!” Which left very little room, Stavia thought, for womanly initiative.”
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“There is no fucking in Hades.”
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“We obey orders, and we don’t ask if the officer is crazy or not!”
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“Myra subsided into outraged and sulky silence. Her romantic dream of motherhood had been riven into sharp-edged fragments by late-night feedings, constant diaper washing, and a baby who persisted in looking and acting like a baby, not like a young hero.”
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“Honor is only a label they use for what they want you to do, Chernon. They want you to stay, so they call staying honorable.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The one sure part of every plan is that it will be set awry.”
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“The extent of my ignorance oppresses me.”
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“We have a saying, we travelers: ‘For a man’s business, go to your troupe leader; for a woman’s business, go to Women’s Country. For a fool’s business, go to the warriors.’”
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“Show yourselves,” cried Stephon. “Only cowards hide in the dark.” “Cowards do many things,” said the voice. “Cowards kill their Commanders and make it look like a bandit attack. Cowards plot in secret. Cowards breed insurrection. Cowards plan the abuse of women.”
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“To Sylvan truth was truth and all else was black heresy, though on occasion he had the very human difficulty of deciding which was which.”
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“Rich people didn’t get in that kind of mess. They never had. Only the poor got trapped: by ignorance, by religion, by self-righteous laws passed by people who broke them with impunity.”
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“All kids think some other family is perfect.”
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“They see things; they overhear things; they tell us. We put two and two together to make forty-four, when we must.”
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“Eugenie thought of this often. Men had told her many sweet things about herself, but never before that she was important. It was the nicest compliment she had ever received.”
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“All men believed they had their own magics in bed.”
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“The first thing you’ve got to do is tell yourself that the shitheads are wrong...Not just a little bit wrong, but irremediably, absolutely, and endemically wrong. Nothing you can say or do will stop their being wrong. They’re damned to eternal wrongness, and that’s God’s will.”
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“They’ve got a kind of committee there,” he had said, “an office. Acceptable Doctrine, it’s called. Everyone on the committee is mostly concerned about what people believe. They’re running things, too; don’t let them tell you they aren’t. Truth doesn’t enter in. If they’ve decided something is doctrine, they’ll ignore all evidence to the contrary and lie to your face. You don’t want to run afoul of those types, do you? Not if you have questions to ask. No.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“If God is truly powerful, He would not let this plague go on.”
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“Not hunting today, sir?” asked Tony in his most innocent voice, busy putting two and two together but not sure how he felt about the resultant sum.”
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“History upon Terra tells us what horrors follow upon religious mandates of unlimited reproduction.”
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“Don’t waste your time on penitence or guilt. Solving the problem is better!”
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“Useless as a third leg on a goose.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I don’t have much confidence,” she said. “A lot of what I’ve been taught isn’t making sense.” “That’s the nature of teaching. Something happens, and intelligence first apprehends it, then makes up a rule about it, then tries to pass the rule along. Very small beings invariably operate in that way. However, by the time the information is passed on, new things are happening that the old rule doesn’t fit. Eventually intelligence learns to stop making rules and understand the flow.”
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“Too good is good for nothing.”
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“I’m trying to decide whether we can afford to be merciful. The Arbai were merciful, but when confronted with evil, mercy becomes an evil.”
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“They haven’t learned that being penitent sometimes does no good at all.”
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“Marjorie thought: It always comes down to something like this, doesn’t it. No matter what our consciences say, no matter how much doctrine we’ve been taught, no matter how many ethical considerations we’ve chewed and swallowed and tried to digest, it always comes down to us arming ourselves with weapons as deadly as we can manage and going out into combat...”
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“Time past was nothing, no matter how long. Time ahead was everything, no matter how brief.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“She was trying to feel philosophical about dying, not managing it, trying not to be frightened, and not managing that, either.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Duty was simply not enough. There had to be more than that!”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“He did a lot of disputation and he always raised his voice when his logic was weak.”
Sheri S. Tepper (1929–2016) said by 2016 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source