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title: "1 Character Long Quotes By Elizabeth Moon"
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> [It's hard to hold the focus that strongly on a single character for that long.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/it-s-hard-to-hold-the-focus-that-strongly-on-a-single-character-for/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

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## More by Elizabeth Moon

> [Most eyes have more than one color, but usually they're related. Blue eyes may have two shades of blue, or blue and gray, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/most-eyes-have-more-than-one-color-but-usually-they-re-related-blue/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [“My advice is, the next time you see someone you think you need to rescue, walk quickly away on the far side of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/my-advice-is-the-next-time-you-see-someone-you-think-you-need-to/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [When a person responds emotionally to intellectual things, or emotionally only to traditional emotional things - I find that an interesting break between myself…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/when-a-person-responds-emotionally-to-intellectual-things-or/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [“I do not think God makes bad things happen just so that people can grow spiritually. Bad parents do that. Bad parents make things…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/i-do-not-think-god-makes-bad-things-happen-just-so-that-people-can/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [“Apparently they didn’t realize that people who buy thousands of rounds of ammo are likely to know how to use it. We”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/apparently-they-didn-t-realize-that-people-who-buy-thousands-of/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [Sometimes I wonder how normal normal people are, and I wonder that most in the grocery store.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/sometimes-i-wonder-how-normal-normal-people-are-and-i-wonder-that/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [I regarded drugs as somewhat like rattlesnakes - it's possible to pick one up without getting bit, but why bother?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/i-regarded-drugs-as-somewhat-like-rattlesnakes-it-s-possible-to-pick/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/my-first-degree-came-years-before-my-second-i-had-wanted-to-be-a/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [No, but a cello is the perfect string bass for an accordion. Works with it beautifully.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/no-but-a-cello-is-the-perfect-string-bass-for-an-accordion-works-with/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [“...it forces concentration, and thus opens up the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/it-forces-concentration-and-thus-opens-up-the-world/)

[Elizabeth moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/what-it-boils-down-to-is-that-parenting-a-child-with-autism-is-a/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [Fantasy allows you to get past defenses.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/fantasy-allows-you-to-get-past-defenses/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [I had, of course, no model for that sort of woman being married, but I can make that up as I go along.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/i-had-of-course-no-model-for-that-sort-of-woman-being-married-but-i/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [No matter what I do, no matter how predictable I try to make my life, it will not be any more predictable than the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/no-matter-what-i-do-no-matter-how-predictable-i-try-to-make-my-life/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

> [When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-moon/when-i-was-starting-out-i-did-not-do-short-fiction-well-because-i/)

[Elizabeth Moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-moon/)

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