Don’t waste your time on penitence or guilt. Solving the problem is better! — Sheri S. Tepper

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.

Duty was simply not enough. There had to be more than that!

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.