We all know men who are angry at everything, simply because they prefer to be angry at everything. Often, they self-destruct, and sometimes they take… - Sheri S. Tepper

It does not seem impossible, murmured Her Exactitude. Moreover, it accords with our ethical imperative. Luckily, our imperative is based upon experience, rather than upon artifacts or scriptures, so we are not likely to be thrown into disorganization by judgments made centuries ago. We do not assert as true anything which we have not proven or seen proven by others. Thus, we never claimed that we were the center either of the universe or of a deity's attention. While we do not deny deity, we do not presume to understand it, plea bargain with it, or tell others what shape it takes. It does make life easier.

I reflected that a little taste of power could take a reasonably sensible person and make some kind of groveling, cringing thing of him.

"It is hard to do good," the voice whispered.
"Nonsense," she muttered. "You only have to do it."