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About Sheri S. Tepper
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. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant. Her early work was published under the name Sheri S. Eberhart.
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βThere is no fucking in Hades.β
βToo good is good for nothing.β
βUseless as a third leg on a goose.β
βWe are to be needed, but I'm not sure for what.β
βAll men believed they had their own magics in bed.β
βThere always has to be someone to see things first.β
βFear neednβt be grounded in fact to cause problems.β
βPerhaps, Somedayβ¦well. All time is full of somedays.β
βI trusted him as far as I could kick him up a chimney.β
βThe one sure part of every plan is that it will be set awry.β
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Sheri S. Tepper on Fear
βFear neednβt be grounded in fact to cause problems.β
Sheri S. Tepper on Duty
Sheri S. Tepper on God
Sheri S. Tepper on Worship
Sheri S. Tepper on Philosophy
βThis is not philosophy, this is reality. Will you please keep in mind whatβs going on!β
Sheri S. Tepper on Parenting
Sheri S. Tepper on Overpopulation
βHistory upon Terra tells us what horrors follow upon religious mandates of unlimited reproduction.β
Sheri S. Tepper on Power
ββYou think staying in power is why they do it?β βThatβs usually the reason for arbitrary cruelty.ββ
Sheri S. Tepper on Honor
βHonor is only a label they use for what they want you to do. Chernon. They want you to stay, so they call staying honorable.β
Sheri S. Tepper on Theocracy
Sheri S. Tepper on Anger
βMadame says when we focus on our anger, our vision begins to constrict. Soon we are caught up in fury, and we turn it upon everyone.β
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Sheri S. Tepper on Saints
βMen, she thought, had always been able to seek holiness when they wanted to because some woman was back at home taking care of their obligations. Thatβs why most of the saints were men and why most of the women saints were virgins.β
Sheri S. Tepper on Mothers
βMyra 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.β
About Sheri S. Tepper
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. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant. Her early work was published under the name Sheri S. Eberhart.