Sarah Monette Quotes

I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I wonder: are they dreams of fish, or fish who dream?

The dead person is not truly dead until the last person who rememebers them dies.

I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.

What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.

It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower

The fountain of youth is like the monkeys paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well.

'So what happens next?' 'Everybody dies, and the people who don't get married.' 'Like any other story, then.'