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Portrait of S. M. Stirling

S. M. Stirling

(1953) Novelist

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S. M. Stirling is a novelist.

Quick Facts About S. M. Stirling

Born: September 30, 1953
Profession: Novelist

About S. M. Stirling

Canadian-American author, primarily of speculative fiction... | Stephen Michael Stirling is a Canadian-American science fiction and fantasy author who was born in France. Stirling is the author of the Draka series of alternate history novels, the later time travel/alternate history Nantucket series and the Emberverse series.

Quotes by S. M. Stirling

“Having thought, I have acted, she thought. Let the arrow fly.”

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“necessity had no respect for law. Even custom must bow to it at times.”

Law

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“Good to have powerful friends. Even better to be a powerful friend, neh?”

Friend

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“Every reality that we can make begins with a dream,”

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“remember that even if you intend to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”

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“People change when they get older. They get more . . . cautious. They’ve been hit harder and more often. It doesn’t mean they’re stupid…

Cautious

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“You can’t make a falcon love you, but you can convince its little bird brain that sitting on your glove means a…

Bird

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“Raptors like these falcons were solitary by nature; they didn’t even like each other except in the mating season, much less humans.…

Falcons

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“O God, You know me to be set in the midst of great peril. Grant me such strength of mind and body,…

Amen

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