“in the end she had not wanted a life spent treading water in his story. She still did not—and yet she regarded herself in the glass a little ruefully. To have that choice removed by time and age was painful.” — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“As a young woman, when she had been beautiful and had worn her hair short and her clothes loose to conceal that fact, she had known all the signs of men and read them well enough that she had been… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“The soul often hangs in a balance of some sort. Tonight do I lie down in the high fields with Dirk Tanner or not?… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“in the end she had not wanted a life spent treading water in his story. She still did not—and yet she regarded herself in… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
Waiting required a future to wait for: a falsehood. I know now that there is only now. I remember things that happened months (or… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“There was for everything a possibility, an invisible pattern that could be made manifest given work and the right materials.” — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
Happiness is the pleasantest of emotions; because of this, it is the most dangerous. Having once felt happiness, one will do anything to maintain… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“She would never have a day that she did not see something and hear a voice in her mind say, “Remember this and then… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“There would be sadness and nightmares. And there would be lovemaking and the holding close of children and friends and dogs -- affirmations of… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“As a young woman, when she had been beautiful and had worn her hair short and her clothes loose to conceal that fact, she… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“Love and memory and thought and dream ~ My favorite poems have never been written in words.” — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“He loved who he was: Randolph Carter, master dreamer, adventurer. To him, she had been landscape, an articulate crag he could ascend, a face… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway. — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“That night and for years afterward, she had envisioned another dream land, built from the imaginings of powerful women dreamers. Perhaps it would have… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“That's not a goal," Kit said. "Why? Because it's not yours? Which is better, Kit Meinem of Atyar? A single great victory, or a… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
“This is the gift of humanity: that it is claimed by the self. None of us...are human unless and until we claim it for… — Kij Johnson Copy Share Image
