# Marianne, the Madame, and the Momentary Gods

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Quotes: 6
- Book page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/marianne-the-madame-and-the-momentary-gods

## Quotes

> Disillusionment, pain, unpleasant surprise, all were part of growing up.

p. 6

> “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.”
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> “What were they revising?” she asked, truly curious.
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> “Don’t know. Didn’t ask ’em.”

p. 87

> “Sometimes I despair, Ellat. Will I ever be able to surprise you?”
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> “Yes. If you’d listen to me, ever, it would surprise me enormously.”

p. 137

> What kind of a universe would it be if we could not do small kindnesses for one another?

p. 123

> “How did this happen?” she demanded from the world at large.
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> “Software,” the hardware consultant opined.
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> “Hardware,” the software support person snarled.

p. 51

> What was scheduled had no connection with what actually happened.

p. 67