--- title: "1 Soul Grows Quotes By Jan Siegel" description: "1 Soul Grows quotes by Jan Siegel. Plus more from Jan Siegel and more Soul Grows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/jan-siegel-24757_right-thing_i-am-not-tormented-fern-responded-i-am-d_3150608.jpg" --- > [“I am not tormented, Fern responded. I am... diminished. I have always believed that your soul grows when you do something that is good and brave, a right thing, a true thing, and when you do evil- no matter what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/i-am-not-tormented-fern-responded-i-am-diminished-i-have-always/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f35/jan-siegel-24757_right-thing_i-am-not-tormented-fern-responded-i-am-d_3150608.jpg) ## More by Jan Siegel > [“They slept little that night, making their newfound love like people for whom the world is running out. Fern did not think of her…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/they-slept-little-that-night-making-their-newfound-love-like-people/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“They walked along in silence, that silence just before parting where everything has been left unsaid and it is too late now to say…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/they-walked-along-in-silence-that-silence-just-before-parting-where/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“There was a long pause. “you know,” he went on, “I sometimes think mankind is dangerously arrogant. We do a few sums, and then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/there-was-a-long-pause-you-know-he-went-on-i-sometimes-think-mankind/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“I am only mortal, desperate, urgent. Spirits have endless ages in which to do nothing, if they so choose, but humans have death to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/i-am-only-mortal-desperate-urgent-spirits-have-endless-ages-in-which/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“Everyone has to act out of character sometimes. It's like taking your clothes off: you feel free without your character but very naked, unprotected.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/everyone-has-to-act-out-of-character-sometimes-it-s-like-taking-your/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“And she knew she was not sure, she would never be sure, because uncertainty is the essence of the human condition, and death is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/and-she-knew-she-was-not-sure-she-would-never-be-sure-because/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“When ambition outstrips ability, that is always a recipe for disaster.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/when-ambition-outstrips-ability-that-is-always-a-recipe-for-disaster/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“As the chant grew in volume she began to be conscious of the terrible potency of language, the sense that a name spoken is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/as-the-chant-grew-in-volume-she-began-to-be-conscious-of-the-terrible/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“The capacity for affection is the best part of humankind.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/the-capacity-for-affection-is-the-best-part-of-humankind/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“Lougarry was waiting over the brow of the hill, lying so still in the grass that a butterfly had perched within an inch of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/lougarry-was-waiting-over-the-brow-of-the-hill-lying-so-still-in-the/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“Advice is a dangerous thing," the Watcher responded. "It should be given only rarely and cautiously, and taken in small doses with skepticism.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/advice-is-a-dangerous-thing-the-watcher-responded-it-should-be-given/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“I am his lover. They had made no promises, no vows; this was an interlude which might end with the next sunset or ebb…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/i-am-his-lover-they-had-made-no-promises-no-vows-this-was-an/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“You should never trust anyone completely,” said Ragginbone, smiling a half-smile which snaked up one side of his face. “Unpredictability is a vital aspect…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/you-should-never-trust-anyone-completely-said-ragginbone-smiling-a/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“And magic exists to break the rules.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/and-magic-exists-to-break-the-rules/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) > [“Time is there for a purpose, to keep things in order. Once you change chronology you change history. The past could eat up the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jan-siegel/time-is-there-for-a-purpose-to-keep-things-in-order-once-you-change/) [Jan Siegel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jan-siegel/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/soul-grows/jan-siegel/#itemlist", "name": "1 Soul Grows Quotes By Jan Siegel", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I am not tormented, Fern responded. I am... diminished. I have always believed that your soul grows when you do something that is good and brave, a right thing, a true thing, and when you do evil- no matter what the motive- your soul is eroded. 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