Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri S. Tepper
Sheri Stewart Tepperis an American writer of science fiction, horror and mystery novels. She is known for feminist science fiction, often with an ecofeminist slant...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionAuthor
Date of Birth16 July 1929
CountryUnited States of America
important goes-on world
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 continuum, to me, is a marvelous thing. The history of life, and the history of the planet, should go on and on and on and on. I cannot conceive of anything in the universe that has more meaning than that.
mother children lying
We'll tell him his mother waits for him in heaven, I suppose." "Is that a lie?" "It's what we tell fools and children." She sighed. "Postulating a heaven gives man an out for having been unable to retain the paradise he was given here on earth.
soul immortal ifs
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.
ignorance reality limits
Nothing limits intelligence more than ignorance; nothing fosters ignorance more than one's own opinions; nothing strengthens opinions more than refusing to look at reality.
thinking punishment done
Mankind accepts good fortune as his due, but when bad occurs, he thinks it was aimed at him, done to him, a hex, a curse, a punishment by his deity for some transgression, as though his god were a petty storekeeper, counting up the day's receipts.