The place displayed luxury without comfort, ostentation without art. I hated it. — Sheri S. Tepper

“That is the god of jihad,” she said. “That is the god of crusades. They are identical except for their names.”

Great wealth breeds great arrogance.

Something in their history has moved them to patience. Wise leaders do not go to war with enemies, not even evil enemies, unless they have thought it through to the end.