Though this new forest grew mightily, elsewhere the mighty jungles fell. Elsewhere the coastal rain forests that furred the body of the world were torn and riven. Elsewhere the last of the old growth the last of the world's own garment were ripped away. It was in this time, now, that the mother of us all was stripped naked and left to die in shame of her children, she who had been robed in glory like this, adorned like this. I bent my head upon the roots and wept, sorrowing for the trees.
Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil a… - Sheri S. Tepper
Whoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil a…
- Sheri S. Tepper
I think... girls have a hard time being interesting. It’s actually easier to be famous, or notorious, than it is to be interesting. In our world, gir… - Sheri S. Tepper
I think... girls have a hard time being interesting. It’s actually easier to be famous, or notorious, than it is to be interesting. In our world, gir…
Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refus… - Sheri S. Tepper
Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refus…
[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the… - Sheri S. Tepper
[T]he scripture worshippers put the writings ahead of God. Instead of interpreting God's actions in nature, for example, they interpret nature in the…
I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, and that cont… - Sheri S. Tepper
I have always lived in a world in which I'm just a spot in history. My life is not the important point. I'm just part of the continuum, and that cont…
I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definit… - Sheri S. Tepper
I will raise up prophets to make conflicting pronouncements that inevitably will be garbled in transcription, resulting in mutually exclusive definit…
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
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.
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 yo… - 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 yo…
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 ide… - 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 ide…
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