We had both learned from the Gardener that old vengeance is… - Sheri S. Tepper

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We had both learned from the Gardener that old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it.

Sheri S. Tepper

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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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Birth Name: Shirley Stewart Douglas

Alternative Names: Sheri Stewart Tepper

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old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it.

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“Not hunting today, sir?” asked Tony in his most innocent voice, busy putting two and two together but not sure how he felt about the resultant sum.

I've met people like him. Garth nodded sagely. Men of customary inaction who can be spurred to sporadic excess. Such men often start ill-planned projects that they lack either energy to complete or the wit to abandon.

An itchy man is prey to discontent; he'll suage his flea bites with the blood of kings."
Surely the common man wouldn't want that!"
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We had both learned from the Gardener that old vengeance is like old cake: still seeming sweet, but so dry that one invariably chokes on it. - Sheri S. Tepper

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