--- title: "3 Accordions Quotes By Theodora Goss" description: "3 Accordions quotes by Theodora Goss. Plus more from Theodora Goss and more Accordions sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/theodora-goss-10051_accordions_the-editor-stephen-segal-actually-called_440631.jpg" --- > [ The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book \[ "The Thorn & The Blossom"\], and… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-editor-stephen-segal-actually-called-me-with-the-idea-of-creating/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a5d/theodora-goss-10051_accordions_the-editor-stephen-segal-actually-called_440631.jpg) > [ The book itself \[The Thorn and The Blossom\] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-book-itself-the-thorn-and-the-blossom-is-bound-accordion-style-it/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d8f/theodora-goss-10051_accordion_the-book-itself-the-thorn-and-the-blosso_508857.png) > [The format of the book was the idea of my wonderful editor, Stephen Segal. Stephen and I had worked together before, on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-format-of-the-book-was-the-idea-of-my-wonderful-editor-stephen/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b17/theodora-goss-10051_accordions_the-format-of-the-book-was-the-idea-of-m_2967483.png) ## Other authors on Accordions ## More by Theodora Goss > [ Writing two stories \[in the Thorn and the Blossom\] about the same set of events that were complete stories in themselves, but also added… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/writing-two-stories-in-the-thorn-and-the-blossom-about-the-same-set/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [I've heard some readers saying they wished the story was longer, and I completely understand that desire - we all like to sink into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-ve-heard-some-readers-saying-they-wished-the-story-was-longer-and-i/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [“She drifted, feather-like, in tenuous radiance… Her gown, it seemed a thing made out of mist, As though the dewy air Had gathered in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/she-drifted-feather-like-in-tenuous-radiance-her-gown-it-seemed-a/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [The Thorn and The Blossom can be read from either side - you can choose whether to read it from Brendan's or Evelyn's perspective…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-thorn-and-the-blossom-can-be-read-from-either-side-you-can-choose/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [ The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book \[ "The Thorn & The Blossom"\], and asked if… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-editor-stephen-segal-actually-called-me-with-the-idea-of-creating/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [ The book itself \[The Thorn and The Blossom\] is bound accordion-style: it has no spine, so it can open in either direction, and it's… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/the-book-itself-the-thorn-and-the-blossom-is-bound-accordion-style-it/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [“Spectacular cases are usually simpler, and less interesting, than they initially appear.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/spectacular-cases-are-usually-simpler-and-less-interesting-than-they/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [If you look at the natural world, really look at it, it's always magical.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/if-you-look-at-the-natural-world-really-look-at-it-it-s-always-magical/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [Art inspires me. Looking at art in a museum, listening to music, reading the works of other writers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/art-inspires-me-looking-at-art-in-a-museum-listening-to-music-reading/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [I loved writing something people usually have - miscommunication, for example. Now that I've written a romance, I'm sure I'll write more: it's fascinating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-loved-writing-something-people-usually-have-miscommunication-for/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [I would tell myself to get more sleep! Believe it or not, I wrote the book while finishing my PhD in English literature. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-would-tell-myself-to-get-more-sleep-believe-it-or-not-i-wrote-the/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [Nature inspires me continually. Today, I can look out my window and see the entire world covered with snow. It's like Narnia under the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/nature-inspires-me-continually-today-i-can-look-out-my-window-and-see/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [Understanding what is going on in the world today inspires me in a negative sense because there's so much about it that I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/understanding-what-is-going-on-in-the-world-today-inspires-me-in-a/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [“I will tell you, too, that every fairy tale has a moral. The moral of my story may be that love is a constraint,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-will-tell-you-too-that-every-fairy-tale-has-a-moral-the-moral-of-my/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) > [ I put that part of myself into both Brendan and Evelyn \[from The Thorn and the Blossom\] - as well as some of my… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/theodora-goss/i-put-that-part-of-myself-into-both-brendan-and-evelyn-from-the-thorn/) [Theodora Goss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/theodora-goss/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accordions/theodora-goss/#itemlist", "name": "3 Accordions Quotes By Theodora Goss", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The editor, Stephen Segal, actually called me with the idea of creating an accordion book [ \"The Thorn & The Blossom\"], and asked if I could write a story for it. 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