--- title: "9 Mused Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Mused quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Mused sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/christina-mckenna-26599_children_perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-b_1447408.jpg" --- > [“Perhaps, she mused, we never really stop being the children we once were.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-being-the-children-we-once-were/) [Christina McKenna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christina-mckenna/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/christina-mckenna-26599_children_perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-b_1447408.jpg) > [“Now then," he mused, "how does one fly a dragon?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-sager/now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dragon/) [Nicole Sager](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicole-sager/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/nicole-sager-18646_arcrea_now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dra_1043102.jpg) > [“That," he mused, "was the best non-sex ever.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever/) [Richelle Mead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richelle-mead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/richelle-mead-46_adrian-ivashkov_that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever_1562002.jpg) > [“And that, Tyler mused, was akin to a blessing. He wasn't sure that he wanted it. Didn't know what he planned to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nora-roberts/and-that-tyler-mused-was-akin-to-a-blessing-he-wasn-t-sure-that-he/) [Nora Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nora-roberts/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/474/nora-roberts-128_quote_and-that-tyler-mused-was-akin-to-a-bless_1430837.jpg) > [“And the difference was this, she mused: those who are twenty don’t know what it is like to be forty, whereas those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-mccall-smith/and-the-difference-was-this-she-mused-those-who-are-twenty-don-t-know/) [Alexander McCall Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-mccall-smith/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b30/alexander-mccall-smith-372_discussing_and-the-difference-was-this-she-mused-th_1431880.png) > [“Will it ever stop?” he mused, more to himself than me as another finger joined the one sliding in and out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-j-maas/will-it-ever-stop-he-mused-more-to-himself-than-me-as-another-finger/) [Sarah J. Maas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-j-maas/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cf1/sarah-j-maas-58_gaze_will-it-ever-stop-he-mused-more-to-himse_1047895.png) > [“So may it be for him, and me, and all of us!" I mused. "All that is evil, and dead, and hopeless,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lewis-carroll/so-may-it-be-for-him-and-me-and-all-of-us-i-mused-all-that-is-evil/) [Lewis Carroll](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lewis-carroll/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/69c/lewis-carroll-324_hopeful_so-may-it-be-for-him-and-me-and-all-of-u_2899536.jpg) > [“I thought once how Theocritus had sung Of the sweet years, the dear and wished-for years, Who each one in a gracious…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-barrett-browning/i-thought-once-how-theocritus-had-sung-of-the-sweet-years-the-dear/) [Elizabeth Barrett Browning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-barrett-browning/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a75/elizabeth-barrett-browning-102_death_i-thought-once-how-theocritus-had-sung-o_103671.png) > [He went to bed early, but could not fall asleep. He was haunted by sad and gloomy reflections about the inevitable end-…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-turgenev/he-went-to-bed-early-but-could-not-fall-asleep-he-was-haunted-by-sad/) [Ivan Turgenev](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-turgenev/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f58/ivan-turgenev-2671_agitation_he-went-to-bed-early-but-could-not-fall_1193902.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/mused/#itemlist", "name": "Mused Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Perhaps, she mused, we never really stop being the children we once were.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Christina McKenna" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christina-mckenna/perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-being-the-children-we-once-were/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/christina-mckenna-26599_children_perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-b_1447408.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/christina-mckenna-26599_children_perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-b_1447408.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/42d/christina-mckenna-26599_children_perhaps-she-mused-we-never-really-stop-b_1447408.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Perhaps, she mused, we never really stop being the children we once were.” — Christina McKenna", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Now then,\" he mused, \"how does one fly a dragon?”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Nicole Sager" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicole-sager/now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dragon/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/nicole-sager-18646_arcrea_now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dra_1043102.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/nicole-sager-18646_arcrea_now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dra_1043102.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8e6/nicole-sager-18646_arcrea_now-then-he-mused-how-does-one-fly-a-dra_1043102.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Now then,\" he mused, \"how does one fly a dragon?” — Nicole Sager", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“That,\" he mused, \"was the best non-sex ever.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Richelle Mead" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richelle-mead/that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/richelle-mead-46_adrian-ivashkov_that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever_1562002.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/richelle-mead-46_adrian-ivashkov_that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever_1562002.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd9/richelle-mead-46_adrian-ivashkov_that-he-mused-was-the-best-non-sex-ever_1562002.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“That,\" he mused, \"was the best non-sex ever.” — Richelle Mead", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“And that, Tyler mused, was akin to a blessing. 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