You have not reared him to care what others do, or think, or say. How then should he care for education, for… — Sheri S. Tepper

“Wisdom,” growled the Agirul. “Painful, isn’t it? We assume so much and resist learning to the contrary.”

“It is hard to do good,” the voice whispered.

“Nonsense,” she muttered. “You only have to do it.”

There are those who must find fault somewhere, among the dead if they cannot find enough among the living.