# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Shadow’s End

> Fearful people develop their religions as protective devices, ways to manipulate hostile environments, formulas for identifying and defeating their enemies. The more fearful people are, the more enemies they have, the more adversarial language they use.

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Shadow’s End](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/shadows-end.md)
- Page: 109
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper#Shadow's_End_(1994)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/shadows-end/fearful-people-develop

## More from this book

> Sex was pleasurable, sure, but survival was sweeter still.

p. 133 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/shadows-end/sex-was-pleasurable.md)

> “That’s different. That’s paradise. Like it was on Breadh.”
>
> “Were there many people on Breadh?”
>
> Snark laughed, abruptly joyous. “Hardly any! That’s what made it paradise!”

p. 384 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/shadows-end/thats-different-thats.md)

> Does the worm on the hook expect to be rescued simply because the fish have eaten all the other worms?

p. 132 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/shadows-end/does-the-worm.md)