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> [Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/across-the-troubled-maelstrom-of-time-people-always-need-a-beer/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8f7/ellen-kushner-19902_beer_across-the-troubled-maelstrom-of-time-pe_91412.jpg)

## More by Ellen Kushner

> [“The time of testing, and of playing, was over. This was the final duel for one of them. Now they were fighting for their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/the-time-of-testing-and-of-playing-was-over-this-was-the-final-duel/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“But I saw the pair of them, along with everyone else. Hard to miss. Him towering like a raggedy scarecrow in that flapping black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/but-i-saw-the-pair-of-them-along-with-everyone-else-hard-to-miss-him/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“What was it about scholarship and learning, he wondered, that seemed to wither the hearts of University men, leaving them incapable of loving anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/what-was-it-about-scholarship-and-learning-he-wondered-that-seemed-to/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Across the troubled maelstrom of time, people always need a beer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/across-the-troubled-maelstrom-of-time-people-always-need-a-beer/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [A masterwork. A particularly American magic realism that touches the heart of race and childhood in our country; it's 100 Years of Solitude for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/a-masterwork-a-particularly-american-magic-realism-that-touches-the/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“I let the insults go by. A good swordsman doesn't pay attention to words in a fight.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/i-let-the-insults-go-by-a-good-swordsman-doesn-t-pay-attention-to/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Current cant equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn't.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/current-cant-equates-fantasy-with-escapism-and-current-fashion-would/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“There's the road to heaven, and there's the road to hell, and there? That's the road to Faerie.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/there-s-the-road-to-heaven-and-there-s-the-road-to-hell-and-there/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Is this politics? I suppose I am going to have to learn all about it, if I am to run Lord Ferris's household, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/is-this-politics-i-suppose-i-am-going-to-have-to-learn-all-about-it/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Honest change? Honest? Has someone altered the definition of the word while my back was turned, or have you recently developed a sense of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/honest-change-honest-has-someone-altered-the-definition-of-the-word/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“Have you seen Marcus?" he asked his ugly friend. "Yes, he was stoping some people in the Violet Room from climbing the curtains." "What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/have-you-seen-marcus-he-asked-his-ugly-friend-yes-he-was-stoping-some/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [I'm the Duke of Riverside. I build things here and pretty much keep the peace, and discourage certain behaviors. If you think all that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/i-m-the-duke-of-riverside-i-build-things-here-and-pretty-much-keep/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Utterly ingenious! Tiffany Trent has more fine invention at her fingertips than a roomful of magical Leonardos!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/utterly-ingenious-tiffany-trent-has-more-fine-invention-at-her/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [Yo-Yo Ma and Bobby McFerrin together again for the first time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/yo-yo-ma-and-bobby-mcferrin-together-again-for-the-first-time/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

> [“Blake Lost his temper. "But they didn't do anything to you, did they?" He inquired savagely. "When they heard your Southern accent and your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ellen-kushner/blake-lost-his-temper-but-they-didn-t-do-anything-to-you-did-they-he/)

[Ellen Kushner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ellen-kushner/)

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