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

> You reacted to stop the Mahahmbi killing your women, but you did nothing about their killing other women. It’s clear you could have done something. You are numerous enough that you could have killed the Mahahmbi who came out into the desert to perform those rituals!

- 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: 391
- 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/you-reacted-to-stop

## 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)