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title: "1 Moved Slowly Quotes By Sherwood Smith"
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> [“It is time,' he said, 'to collect on my wager.' He moved slowly. First, his hands sliding round me and cool light-colored hair drifting against my cheek, and then softly, so softly, the brush of lips against my brow, my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/it-is-time-he-said-to-collect-on-my-wager-he-moved-slowly-first-his/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

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## More by Sherwood Smith

> [“Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/who-in-the-universe-halts-when-the-enemy-tells-them-to/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/except-what-is-normal-at-any-given-time-we-change-just-as-the-seasons/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/it-would-have-been-funny-if-i-had-been-an-observer-and-not-a/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [I have made number mistakes - I have such bad number dyslexia that I can look at a number and see the wrong one.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/i-have-made-number-mistakes-i-have-such-bad-number-dyslexia-that-i/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“War is a convenient fix for government problems if it happens somewhere else. To other people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/war-is-a-convenient-fix-for-government-problems-if-it-happens/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/if-your-opponent-is-better-armed-and-has-longer-reach-then-surprise/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in my closet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/as-a-kid-i-pretty-much-got-nothing-but-scorn-and-occasionally-active/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“The more one has, the less one desires.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/the-more-one-has-the-less-one-desires/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“Fall in love with heart, not head, to trouble you’re led. Fall in love with heart and mind, then true love you’ll find.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/fall-in-love-with-heart-not-head-to-trouble-you-re-led-fall-in-love/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [I had seen ardency in men's eyes, but I had only felt it once. With Flauvic, false and therefore easy to dismiss. I suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/i-had-seen-ardency-in-men-s-eyes-but-i-had-only-felt-it-once-with/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [Everyone is an idiot," I stated. "Except me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/everyone-is-an-idiot-i-stated-except-me/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/despite-how-entertaining-certain-stories-were-at-the-bottom-of-every/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not made of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/they-re-safe-he-said-and-you-re-not-made-of-glass-he-swept-me-up-in/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“Who can ever know what turns the spark into flame? Vidanric's initial interest in me might well have been kindled by the fact that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/who-can-ever-know-what-turns-the-spark-into-flame-vidanric-s-initial/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

> [“For the first time, I comprehended that love, at least for me, had nothing to do with sex.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherwood-smith/for-the-first-time-i-comprehended-that-love-at-least-for-me-had/)

[Sherwood Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherwood-smith/)

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