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

> You felt something huge and marvelous of which you are part, and in the moments you described, you forgot yourself for you were one with your world and with the sky above it, and even the stars looking down. There is nothing larger or more wonderful than that. Still, there are those who would prefer self. They will accept any belief, no matter how foolish, if it guarantees them personal immortality. I know people like that. But there are others who know themselves well enough to realize how limiting that is.

- 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: 382
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/sheri-s-tepper/singer-from-the-sea/you-felt-something

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

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> “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)