The Margarets Quotes

“…beginning a war is easy. Any fool could do it and frequently did.”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets

“They learn nothing, for they’re convince they know everything that matters. They’re boring.”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets

“We are mates, whether we meet once in a lifetime, once a decade, or every day. Nothing changes when we are apart.”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets

“Star calls to star: “Here I am, who is like me?” Tree calls to tree: “I am I, who knows me?”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets: A Dystopian Space Opera About Scattered Selves, a Dying World, and the Human Race

“old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it.”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets: A Dystopian Space Opera About Scattered Selves, a Dying World, and the Human Race

“Many humans prefer tiny gods,” said the Gardener. “Tiny gods of limited preoccupations…”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets: A Dystopian Space Opera About Scattered Selves, a Dying World, and the Human Race

“People on Earth engaged in ritual repetition; most of them thought as little as possible; most of them occupied themselves with things and events that were not very important. Amusement”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets: A Dystopian Space Opera About Scattered Selves, a Dying World, and the Human Race

“When a response is detected, the thing that uttered moves separately but implacably toward its responder, as by gravity. So equivalence is drawn to equivalence until they are within touching distance.”
― Sheri S. Tepper, The Margarets: A Dystopian Space Opera About Scattered Selves, a Dying World, and the Human Race