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Myra subsided into outraged and sulky silence. Her romantic dream of motherhood had been riven into sharp-edged fragments by late-night feedings, constant diaper washing, and a baby who persisted in looking and acting like a baby, not like a young hero.

— Sheri S. Tepper The Gate to Women's Country (1988)

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The sooner we can separate salvageable skeptics from self-righteous absolutists, the sooner we can move along.

The Visitor (2002)

If a person torturing and killing people is evil, why are gods who torture and kill people called good?

The Fresco (2000)

“This is not philosophy, this is reality. Will you please keep in mind what’s going on!”

Six Moon Dance (1998)

Fear needn’t be grounded in fact to cause problems.

Gibbon's Decline & Fall (1996)

Man has always tortured in the name of his gods and committed atrocities in the name of his culture.

Sideshow (1992)

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The long sleep of Mother Goddess is ended. May She awaken in each of our hearts — Merry meet, merry part, and blessed be.

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The real religion of the world comes from women much more than from men, — from mothers most of all, who carry the key of our souls in their bosoms.

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Mother and poetess do not rhyme, but they go together rather well.

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