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Sheri S. Tepper quotes

American Author July 16, 1929

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Do you realize it’s been only a century that we’ve been able to go from house to car to office to car to wherever, with the heater on, and the defroster on, protected from the rain and the cold? It hasn’t been much longer than that we’ve had lighting for streets. Think of all that darkness, all that world out there, all that mystery that we’ve turned into well-lighted concrete bunkers, safe and warm and dull. Sheri S. Tepper
He told us that nations of men fell into disorder, so nations of law were set up instead. He told us that nations of law then forgot justice and let the law become a Game, a Game in which the moves and the winning were more important than truth. He told us to seek justice rather than the Game. Sheri S. Tepper
I tell you, lad, that men will believe is one says, "The Gods say..." They will believe if one says, "I had a Vision..." They will believe if one says, "It was told me on a tablet of hidden gold..." But, if one says, "History teaches," then they will not believe. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're..."
I'm not sure a world run by women would be any better. They're human beings! Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their..."
Boys play with death as though it were a game, cutting their teeth on daggers. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "No sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting..."
No sentimentality, no romance, no false hope, no self-petting lies, merely that which is! Sheri S. Tepper
To me, fantasy has always been the genre of escape, science fiction the genre of ideas. So if you can escape and have a little idea as well, maybe you have some kind of a cross-breed between the two. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to..."
It may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to write no book at all. Sheri S. Tepper
A bird cried jubilation. In that moment they lived long. All minor motions were stilled and only the great ones were perceived. Beneath them the earth turned, singing. Sheri S. Tepper
As vocabulary is reduced , so are the number of feelings you can express, the number of events you can describe, the number of the things you can identify! Not only understanding is limited, but also experience. Man grows by language. Whenever he limits language he retrogresses! Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it."
Men like to think well of themselves, and poets help them do it. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe..."
All around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try. Sheri S. Tepper
They will set aside what they have believed about the world, divesting themselves of all preconceptions, all judgments.... They will do it, then they will send their minds out to seek the truth. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "The only people who have the long view are some scientists and..."
The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers. Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper quote: "What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have..."
What do I have to say to the universe? A soul ought to have something to say to the universe if it's going to be immortal. Sheri S. Tepper

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