--- title: "1 Bowels Quotes By S.M. Stirling" description: "1 Bowels quotes by S.M. Stirling. Plus more from S.M. Stirling and more Bowels sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/s-m-stirling-11637_bowels_the-mackenzie-had-never-met-folk-so-poor_246028.jpg" --- > [The Mackenzie had never met folk so poor in story and song and legends, and it moved him to a pity that pricked at his eyes. Without that tapestry of colour and words and ritual, what was life but eating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/the-mackenzie-had-never-met-folk-so-poor-in-story-and-song-and/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/819/s-m-stirling-11637_bowels_the-mackenzie-had-never-met-folk-so-poor_246028.jpg) ## More by S.M. Stirling > [“Myths are lies; but I believe in the power of myths the way I believe in rocks.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/myths-are-lies-but-i-believe-in-the-power-of-myths-the-way-i-believe/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [Love isn't like money--the more you give away the more you get back, and the more you have to give.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/love-isn-t-like-money-the-more-you-give-away-the-more-you-get-back/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [The Mackenzie had never met folk so poor in story and song and legends, and it moved him to a pity that pricked at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/the-mackenzie-had-never-met-folk-so-poor-in-story-and-song-and/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [You can learn by listening, or by getting whacked between the eyes with a two-by-four. I always found listening easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/you-can-learn-by-listening-or-by-getting-whacked-between-the-eyes/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“Clan custom and law held that it was the public declaration of intent and then living together that made a handfasting; the ceremonies simply…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/clan-custom-and-law-held-that-it-was-the-public-declaration-of-intent/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“″He chose to come onto your land uninvited with a weapon in his hand,″ he said. ″When a man does that, he consents to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/he-chose-to-come-onto-your-land-uninvited-with-a-weapon-in-his-hand/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“It doesn't stop being magic because you can you explain it, Father.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/it-doesn-t-stop-being-magic-because-you-can-you-explain-it-father/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“Who dares, wins,” he muttered to himself. “Or gets royally banged about if things go south.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/who-dares-wins-he-muttered-to-himself-or-gets-royally-banged-about-if/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“Being ignorant is truly bliss compared to being misinformed, especially if you’re aware of the depths of your own ignorance. As Mother says, it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/being-ignorant-is-truly-bliss-compared-to-being-misinformed/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“Be your own judge. But commit no trespass, remembering that where another's liberty begins your own inevitably meets its boundary.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/be-your-own-judge-but-commit-no-trespass-remembering-that-where/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“Sure it is that They have many faces. All the shapes the Divine shows us are true; and none are all the Truth.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/sure-it-is-that-they-have-many-faces-all-the-shapes-the-divine-shows/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“I like you, Mike. I just wanted to know about you.” He grinned and finished building the fire. “OK, point taken, and I like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/i-like-you-mike-i-just-wanted-to-know-about-you-he-grinned-and/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“But then they were males, and therefore idiots about some things.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/but-then-they-were-males-and-therefore-idiots-about-some-things/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [“ I was father to the land. I saved my people. I was... King. "By... earth," he said, more a movement of the lips…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/i-was-father-to-the-land-i-saved-my-people-i-was-king-by-earth-he/) [S.M. Stirling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/s-m-stirling/) > [Many are the marvels of God's Creation, but none so marvelous as man. Or so cunning, for good and ill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/s-m-stirling/many-are-the-marvels-of-god-s-creation-but-none-so-marvelous-as-man/) [S.M. 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