The sooner we can separate salvageable skeptics from self-righteous absolutists, the sooner we can move along.
Sheri S. TepperThe practice of diplomacy, I have found, is sometimes like eating soup with a fork: much activity yielding little nourishment.
Sheri S. TepperWhoever declares another heretic is himself a devil. Whoever places a relic or artifact above justice, kindness, mercy, or truth is himself a devil and the thing elevated is a work of evil magic.
Sheri S. TepperAs 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