“She would never have a day that she did not see something and hear a voice in her mind say, “Remember this and then write this.” Chapter 6 p. 96” — 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
“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
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
“There was for everything a possibility, an invisible pattern that could be made manifest given work and the right materials.” — Kij Johnson Copy Share
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
“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
“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
“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
“Love and memory and thought and dream ~ My favorite poems have never been written in words.” — Kij Johnson Copy Share
“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
Because if something does go wrong, you'll need what you're feeling to matter, to someone somewhere, anyway. — Kij Johnson Copy Share
“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
“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
“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
