# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Grass

> 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...

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Grass](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass.md)
- Page: 377
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass/marjorie-thought-it-always

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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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> Don’t waste your time on penitence or guilt. Solving the problem is better!

p. 338 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass/dont-waste-your.md)

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

p. 446 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass/duty-was-simply.md)