# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Raising The Stones

> Our lives are made up of many things, not just one. Many answers, not just one. It’s men that want one answer for everything. They’re always making laws, as though they could make one law that would be just in all cases. They can’t. They never have. I think men get derailed, sometime during their growing up. Instead of settling for what’s honest and real and sort of thoughtful, they go off on these quests. They go strutting and crowing, waving their weapons and shouting their battle cries. They say they’re seeking something higher, but it always seems to end in pain, doesn’t it?

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Raising The Stones](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones.md)
- Page: 468
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## More from this book

> There is no sin inherent in any mind save the sin of pride in believing one has seen or been taught the absolute truth. The second greatest sin is refusing to search for the truth one must acknowledge one will never absolutely find.

p. 155 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones/there-is-no-sin.md)

> “It seems to me,” said Spiggy softly, “that when a race of man becomes so anthropocentric it regards other living beings as lesser consumables, it could get to be a habit. It might become easy to include other living creatures with the Gharm. Animals. Children. Women. Entire planet. Perhaps they, too, become consumables, to be used up and thrown away.”

p. 284 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones/it-seems-to-me-said.md)

> I’ve met the prophet Awateh, and he’s very religious, but he’s also completely off his head. It seems to me religious toleration stops when they intend to kill you or hurt you with it. Africa, that’s my aunt, she always said noninterference was a two-way street.

p. 397 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/raising-the-stones/ive-met-the.md)