Sherwood Smith Quotes
So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to make them last.
They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of glass." He carried me into our room and kicked the door shut behind us.
One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone.
The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.
When in doubt, be ridiculous.
Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.
When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.
Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.
Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me different.
Finally someone takes me seriously enough to ask for my word of honor, and it’s a villain.
Female authors were still using male names when I was young, or they were neatly shoehorned into womens books except for those few that men could always point at when the disparity was pointed out.
Why did I laugh at his sorry, bedraggled appearance? Because ridiculousness made a repellant situation more bearable.
We'll abduct Garian. Or Jason." "And—?" "And dump them into the ocean. Nobody would ever pay a ransom for them.
No, my career as a warrior princess, short as it had been, was over, I thought morosely. Violence only works if you're good at it. Otherwise, it hurts too much.
If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.
But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.
If everywhere you go everyone watches you, and wants you, can you truly be yourself?
What if feeling good only comes after you destroy someone you hate?''That's not good, that's triumph,
What's it really like to always be the prettiest person in a room? Dos it mean you're always acting as if in a play, because no one stops looking at you?''Life is a play, isn't it?
A horse blanket, Mel?I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right fo