# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Grass

> 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.

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Grass](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass.md)
- Page: 32
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper#Grass_(1989)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass/rich-people-didnt

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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.

p. 7 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/grass/to-sylvan-truth.md)

> 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)