# Quote — Sheri S. Tepper, Singer From The Sea

> Despite his concern, he was not so out of control as to forget that a frantic man is a careless man, a lesson every soldier learns soon or dies wishing he had learned sooner.

- Author: [Sheri S. Tepper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper.md)
- Book: [Singer From The Sea](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea.md)
- Page: 112
- Source: [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Sheri_S._Tepper#Singer_from_the_Sea_(1999)) ([CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/))
- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea/despite-his-concern

## More from this book

> He blunders about like an ape in an apiary, infuriating the inhabitants and missing all the sweetness!

p. 176 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea/he-blunders-about.md)

> “I’ve met people like him.” Garth nodded sagely. “Men of customary inaction who can be spurred to sporadic excess. Such men often start ill-planned projects that they lack either energy to complete or the wit to abandon.”

p. 257 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea/ive-met-people.md)

> “And all this time that I’ve worried over the state of my soul, I shouldn’t have bothered,” Genevieve said angrily.

p. 369 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea/and-all-this.md)