# Quote — Stephen Donaldson, The Power That Preserves

> “Are you so ashamed of what you were?”
>
> Bannon cocked a white eyebrow at the question, as if it came close to the truth. “I am not shamed,” he said distinctly. “But I am saddened that so many centuries were required to teach us the limits of our worth. We went too far, in pride and folly. Mortal men should not give up wives and sleep and death for any service—less the face of failure become too abhorrent to be endured.”

- Author: [Stephen Donaldson](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson.md)
- Book: [The Power That Preserves](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves.md)
- Page: 387
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/are-you-so-ashamed

## More from this book

> Do not be too quick to judge the makers of worlds. Will you ever write a story for which no character will have caused to reproach you?

p. 473 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/do-not-be-too.md)

> He smiled because he was alive.

p. 480 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/he-smiled-because.md)

> “I’ll tell you what it is. It’s a goddam miracle, that’s what it is.”
>
> “Come, now,” the older man murmured. “I don’t believe in miracles—neither do you.”

p. 479 — [Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/stephen-donaldson/the-power-that-preserves/ill-tell-you.md)