# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Necromancer Nine

> Every time I began to take myself seriously, he let me know how small a vegetable I was in his particular stew.

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Necromancer Nine](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/necromancer-nine.md)
- Page: 5
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper#Necromancer_Nine_(1983)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/necromancer-nine/every-time-i-began

## More from this book

> “We have simply been too fearful to go into that place.”
>
> “You? Fearful?” I doubted this.
>
> “Do not mistake my arrogance for courage, my son. It is true that I am renowned for what I can do. But I am afraid of the unknown, as are most men, Gamesmen or pawns alike.”

p. 106 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/necromancer-nine/we-have-simply.md)

> I trusted him as far as I could kick him up a chimney.

p. 42 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/necromancer-nine/i-trusted-him.md)

> We of Betand do not change our laws readily, so says my father, but we interpret them to our needs.

p. 39 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/necromancer-nine/we-of-betand.md)