Sheri S. Tepper

Quotes

1. Useless as a third leg on a goose.

   p. 345

2. 

   Rich people didn’t get in that kind of mess. They never had. Only the poor got trapped: by ignorance, by religion, by self-righteous laws passed by people who broke them with impunity.

   p. 32

3. 

   The one sure part of every plan is that it will be set awry.

   p. 165

4. 

   Honor is only a label they use for what they want you to do, Chernon. They want you to stay, so they call staying honorable.

   p. 149

5. 

   “We have a saying, we travelers: ‘For a man’s business, go to your troupe leader; for a woman’s business, go to Women’s Country. For a fool’s business, go to the warriors.’”

   p. 173

6. 

   The extent of my ignorance oppresses me.

   p. 171

7. 

   There is no fucking in Hades.

   p. 57

8. 

   Disillusionment, pain, unpleasant surprise, all were part of growing up.

   p. 6

9. 

   Lion had few doubts about his actions. As he had said on more than one occasion, “I may be wrong, but I am never in doubt.”

   p. 162

10. 

    “Of course, the governor says the man is mistaken.”

    “Governor says he's a stupid ass,” muttered Haurvatat. “I think the man has a glitch in his software somewhere.”

    p. 13

11. 

    “To us it does not seem that long ago, possibly because our children hear stories told around the fire of things which happened fifteen centuries back. Such stories carry an immediacy one does not get from books.…”

    “Which is why some countries carry such old grudges,” offered Marianne. “What children learn at their grandmas’ knees they act upon as though it happened yesterday.”

    He nodded gravely, even sadly. “Perhaps that is true. Those who have an oral tradition full of old wrongs and old revenge do seem to fight the same battles forever. If the Irish were not forever singing of their ancient wrongs—or writing poetry about it…well, we see the result in every morning’s newspapers.”

    p. 67

12. 

    “I was always willing to help you,” she replied, “as you would have known if you had stopped accusing me and listened.”

    p. 171