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.
Sheri S. TepperAll around the Mediterranean you'll find cultures that believe men can't control themselves and shouldn't have to try.
Sheri S. TepperIt may be important to write a book that doesn't come up to what I would like to have rather than to write no book at all.
Sheri S. TepperI 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, girls climb very well until they hit puberty-sexual maturity-and then they begin to fall out of the tree. They start role-playing instead of thinking, flirting instead of learning. They start admiring how smart the boys are-or how athletic or how handsome-instead of concentrating on their own intelligence.
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