--- title: "21 Ifs Quotes By Janet Morris" description: "21 Ifs quotes by Janet Morris. Plus more from Janet Morris and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/janet-morris-1935_betrayal_i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die-1913_1913641.png" --- > [I must decide if you deserve to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/janet-morris-1935_betrayal_i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die-1913_1913641.png) > [Makes you wonder if the gods are always right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always-right/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/janet-morris-1935_destiny_makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always_2276513.png) > [If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue-tomorrow/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/janet-morris-1935_honesty_if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue_1617627.png) > [If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then-the-gods-are-fools/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/janet-morris-1935_danger_if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then_1553335.png) > [Death's easy to find. If She wants you, you'll meet Her here as well as anywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/death-s-easy-to-find-if-she-wants-you-you-ll-meet-her-here-as-well-as/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/120/janet-morris-1935_death_death-s-easy-to-find-if-she-wants-you-yo_892307.png) > [Tempus would be protected, better shielded from whatever the Stepson thought threatening, if love could heal and save.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/tempus-would-be-protected-better-shielded-from-whatever-the-stepson/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/janet-morris-1935_heal_tempus-would-be-protected-better-shielde_2078018.png) > [If, as you teach, the universe has no beginning and no end, why should we?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-as-you-teach-the-universe-has-no-beginning-and-no-end-why-should-we/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f80/janet-morris-1935_beginning_if-as-you-teach-the-universe-has-no-begi_2323851.png) > [If cities have souls, Sanctuary's was troubled long before Tempus got here, and will be troubled long after he and his are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-cities-have-souls-sanctuary-s-was-troubled-long-before-tempus-got/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b5/janet-morris-1935_cities_if-cities-have-souls-sanctuary-s-was-tro_1711354.png) > [If, as Niko asks, you show them mercy, then the gods will be well pleased.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-as-niko-asks-you-show-them-mercy-then-the-gods-will-be-well-pleased/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1ec/janet-morris-1935_asks_if-as-niko-asks-you-show-them-mercy-then_1265120.png) > [It's all the same - no good without evil, no balance...no maat. If we lose one, we lose the other. It's just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-s-all-the-same-no-good-without-evil-no-balance-no-maat-if-we-lose/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f07/janet-morris-1935_balance_it-s-all-the-same-no-good-without-evil-n_2102425.png) > [The universe forgives those who give until their hearts are aching and their spirits weak, and finds a way to renew all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/the-universe-forgives-those-who-give-until-their-hearts-are-aching/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/688/janet-morris-1935_cures_the-universe-forgives-those-who-give-unt_1524316.png) > [Niko's angular face caught a flicker of firelight and Tempus saw his future there: sharp purpose, discipline, and power in perfect balance;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/niko-s-angular-face-caught-a-flicker-of-firelight-and-tempus-saw-his/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd4/janet-morris-1935_balance_niko-s-angular-face-caught-a-flicker-of_1544355.png) > [Ask yourselves if the gods are angry, you who have seen Harmony come among us, walk among us, touch us, look kindly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/ask-yourselves-if-the-gods-are-angry-you-who-have-seen-harmony-come/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d24/janet-morris-1935_angry_ask-yourselves-if-the-gods-are-angry-you_2500467.png) > [In this new world, this day and forever, then, we are not only Thebans - we are all Stepsons. We are all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/in-this-new-world-this-day-and-forever-then-we-are-not-only-thebans/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d14/janet-morris-1935_band_in-this-new-world-this-day-and-forever-t_1132060.png) > [This is for you. A mage named Randal told me to give it to the Band if you ever came back. 'It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/this-is-for-you-a-mage-named-randal-told-me-to-give-it-to-the-band-if/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/91b/janet-morris-1935_band_this-is-for-you-a-mage-named-randal-told_3174097.png) > [If you want to write something completely unique, you will probably fail or at best write something without redeeming value. The mind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-you-want-to-write-something-completely-unique-you-will-probably/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/711/janet-morris-1935_body_if-you-want-to-write-something-completel_2827073.png) > [And Tempus thought then that nothing was more worthwhile than what was growing in this whitewashed barracks, where he has come to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/and-tempus-thought-then-that-nothing-was-more-worthwhile-than-what/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/09e/janet-morris-1935_battle_and-tempus-thought-then-that-nothing-was_1259679.jpg) > [And what do the Theban hoplites see in this extended rending of the sky, this white-bright glory of Enlil's lightning? The future,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/and-what-do-the-theban-hoplites-see-in-this-extended-rending-of-the/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d53/janet-morris-1935_band_and-what-do-the-theban-hoplites-see-in-t_2456999.jpg) > [Now the Fates are here on the beach, three shadows blacker than black, walking through the dunes and looking for their own.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/now-the-fates-are-here-on-the-beach-three-shadows-blacker-than-black/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aa7/janet-morris-1935_beach_now-the-fates-are-here-on-the-beach-thre_1009756.png) > [Here and now was always where Tempus was, not off somewhere in the realm of Greater Good or Mortal Soul or Eternal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/here-and-now-was-always-where-tempus-was-not-off-somewhere-in-the/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/775/janet-morris-1935_ability_here-and-now-was-always-where-tempus-was_1482590.png) > [Then what difference does human striving make: mortal struggle, valor, pain? If you live, then live for the test of spirit, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/then-what-difference-does-human-striving-make-mortal-struggle-valor/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/janet-morris-1935_battle_then-what-difference-does-human-striving_401404.png) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Janet Morris > [This is as 'alone' as I'm likely to get with you - you're not half so fetching as your daughter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/this-is-as-alone-as-i-m-likely-to-get-with-you-you-re-not-half-so/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [I survive. I survived it all then and I'll survive the rest of it. Without your help.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-survive-i-survived-it-all-then-and-i-ll-survive-the-rest-of-it/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [So some will be left who remember.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/so-some-will-be-left-who-remember/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Don't blame yourself, or worry. Neither does a bit of good.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/don-t-blame-yourself-or-worry-neither-does-a-bit-of-good/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [When I write what publishers call 'fantasy' I am writing in what I think is the most important tradition of fiction: starting with Homer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/when-i-write-what-publishers-call-fantasy-i-am-writing-in-what-i/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Painful things are quickly forgotten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/painful-things-are-quickly-forgotten/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-is-upon-each-soul-to-recognize-its-limit/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Proof of war, when it comes, always comes too late.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/proof-of-war-when-it-comes-always-comes-too-late/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Loyalty must be forged - to him, to his: stronger than iron, from experience, from risk - it can't be bought, or taught, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/loyalty-must-be-forged-to-him-to-his-stronger-than-iron-from/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Fury from the heavens; fury at the gods - inseparable.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/fury-from-the-heavens-fury-at-the-gods-inseparable/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Learn what can, and cannot, be asked from destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/learn-what-can-and-cannot-be-asked-from-destiny/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [It's all right. Things as they once were will never be again, but it's all right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/it-s-all-right-things-as-they-once-were-will-never-be-again-but-it-s/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [For me, myth is the 'common' language of us all.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/for-me-myth-is-the-common-language-of-us-all/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [He loves the world so much. I agree it would be a shame to take that love away from meadow and tree, stream and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/he-loves-the-world-so-much-i-agree-it-would-be-a-shame-to-take-that/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) > [Survival has its own etiquette.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/survival-has-its-own-etiquette/) [Janet Morris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-morris/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/janet-morris/#itemlist", "name": "21 Ifs Quotes By Janet Morris", "numberOfItems": 21, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I must decide if you deserve to die.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Morris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/janet-morris-1935_betrayal_i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die-1913_1913641.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/janet-morris-1935_betrayal_i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die-1913_1913641.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e8/janet-morris-1935_betrayal_i-must-decide-if-you-deserve-to-die-1913_1913641.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I must decide if you deserve to die.” — Janet Morris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Makes you wonder if the gods are always right.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Morris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always-right/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/janet-morris-1935_destiny_makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always_2276513.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/janet-morris-1935_destiny_makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always_2276513.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2b/janet-morris-1935_destiny_makes-you-wonder-if-the-gods-are-always_2276513.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Makes you wonder if the gods are always right.” — Janet Morris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Morris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue-tomorrow/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/janet-morris-1935_honesty_if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue_1617627.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/janet-morris-1935_honesty_if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue_1617627.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a2f/janet-morris-1935_honesty_if-it-was-true-today-it-might-be-untrue_1617627.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If it was true today, it might be untrue tomorrow.” — Janet Morris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Janet Morris" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-morris/if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then-the-gods-are-fools/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/janet-morris-1935_danger_if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then_1553335.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/janet-morris-1935_danger_if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then_1553335.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/728/janet-morris-1935_danger_if-the-gods-sent-you-to-fight-here-then_1553335.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the gods sent you to fight here, then the gods are fools.” — Janet Morris", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 5, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Death's easy to find. 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