--- title: "1 Blessed People Quotes By Robert Jackson Bennett" description: "1 Blessed People quotes by Robert Jackson Bennett. Plus more from Robert Jackson Bennett and more Blessed People sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/robert-jackson-bennett-11596_children_and-olvos-said-to-them-why-have-you-done_1111439.jpg" --- > [“ And Olvos said to them: “Why have you done this, my children? Why is the sky wreathed with smoke? Why have you made war in far places, and shed blood in strange lands? And they said to Her: “You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/and-olvos-said-to-them-why-have-you-done-this-my-children-why-is-the/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/307/robert-jackson-bennett-11596_children_and-olvos-said-to-them-why-have-you-done_1111439.jpg) ## More by Robert Jackson Bennett > [“After all, deep in every Texan’s heart, there remains the steadfast belief that any problem can be solved with a big enough gun.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/after-all-deep-in-every-texan-s-heart-there-remains-the-steadfast/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [Voters might have short memories. Politicians do not.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/voters-might-have-short-memories-politicians-do-not/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“My definition of an adult is someone who lives their life aware they are sharing the world with others. My definition of an adult…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/my-definition-of-an-adult-is-someone-who-lives-their-life-aware-they/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“I am lost among the seas of fate and time But at least I have love.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-am-lost-among-the-seas-of-fate-and-time-but-at-least-i-have-love/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“But freedom and human happiness has a direct relationship to the number of people who have power over their own world, their own lives.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/but-freedom-and-human-happiness-has-a-direct-relationship-to-the/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“One should not seek ugliness in this world. There is no lack of it. You will find it soon enough, or it will find…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/one-should-not-seek-ugliness-in-this-world-there-is-no-lack-of-it-you/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [Oh, propriety," says Mrs Benjamin. "We're always so concerned with propriety. Even in total madness, we still stick to our hierarchies and chains of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/oh-propriety-says-mrs-benjamin-we-re-always-so-concerned-with/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [I learned very early on not to speak to my folk from on high, but to get down with them, beside them, showing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-learned-very-early-on-not-to-speak-to-my-folk-from-on-high-but-to/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“We are—or were —Divinities, Shara Komayd: we drew power from the hearts and minds and beliefs of a people. But that which you draw…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/we-are-or-were-divinities-shara-komayd-we-drew-power-from-the-hearts/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [ “I put my office right in the middle of the death they threaten us with. \[...\] here I sit, every day, hanging over all… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/i-put-my-office-right-in-the-middle-of-the-death-they-threaten-us/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“The city knows. It remembers. Its past is written in its bones, though the past now speaks in silences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/the-city-knows-it-remembers-its-past-is-written-in-its-bones-though/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“My first question is- do you have a name ? "A name? Yes." "Ah!" said the wolf. It wrote several extensive notes. "And what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/my-first-question-is-do-you-have-a-name-a-name-yes-ah-said-the-wolf/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“It is a fool who lives his life believing the waves upon which he sails shall remember him. The seas know nothing. This makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/it-is-a-fool-who-lives-his-life-believing-the-waves-upon-which-he/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“For a caterpillar to become a butterfly, it must forget it was ever a caterpillar at all. Then it will be as if the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/for-a-caterpillar-to-become-a-butterfly-it-must-forget-it-was-ever-a/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) > [“To see her smile in such a manner makes my heart glad - Sigrud Well, goody for your fucking heart! -Mulaghesh”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-jackson-bennett/to-see-her-smile-in-such-a-manner-makes-my-heart-glad-sigrud-well/) [Robert Jackson Bennett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-jackson-bennett/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessed-people/robert-jackson-bennett/#itemlist", "name": "1 Blessed People Quotes By Robert Jackson Bennett", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“ And Olvos said to them: “Why have you done this, my children? 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