Sheri S. Tepper Quotes
1929–2016 United States
Sheri Stewart Tepper (16 July 1929 - 22 October 2016) was a prolific author of science fiction, horror and mystery novels, frequently with a feminist slant. She wrote under several pseudonyms, including A.
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254 quotes
“This is not philosophy, this is reality. Will you please keep in mind what’s going on!”
Fear needn’t be grounded in fact to cause problems.
Man has always tortured in the name of his gods and committed atrocities in the name of his culture.
“You think staying in power is why they do it?”
“That’s usually the reason for arbitrary cruelty.”
I’ll tell you, nothing is so dangerous as ambition in a man who cares not who stands in his way.
Whatever he thinks, it’s time you stopped enabling other people so you can enable yourself.
Human worlds are always awash in superstition, only a stubborn elite proof against it.
Fear and superstition always follow the unseen, the unknown, the whispered of.
They learn nothing, for they’re convinced they know everything that matters.
We believe that nothing worthy of our worship would want our worship.
If God is truly powerful, He would not let this plague go on.
Perhaps, Someday…well. All time is full of somedays.
History upon Terra tells us what horrors follow upon religious mandates of unlimited reproduction.
These men are the kind who would kill their slaves and families rather than let us free them.
It’s hard to talk like a human being when one hasn’t been treated like one for years!
Attribution
Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Sheri S. Tepper (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.