--- title: "1 Smooth skin Quotes By Sarah Monette" description: "1 Smooth skin quotes by Sarah Monette. Plus more from Sarah Monette and more Smooth skin sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/sarah-monette-19108_gaze_he-s-not-my-lover-isolfr-said-she-raised_562292.jpg" --- > [“He's not my lover," Isolfr said. She raised an eyebrow, a long feathery, shaggy sweep. "You're his beloved. Both of them. I saw enough on the war-trail to know." Then she laughed, and took her hand off his and pushed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/he-s-not-my-lover-isolfr-said-she-raised-an-eyebrow-a-long-feathery/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a8c/sarah-monette-19108_gaze_he-s-not-my-lover-isolfr-said-she-raised_562292.jpg) ## More by Sarah Monette > [The fountain of youth is like the monkey's paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/the-fountain-of-youth-is-like-the-monkey-s-paw-in-the-w-w-jacobs/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/what-makes-a-story-a-story-is-that-something-changes-internal/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“He fell away into the column before Isolfr could blink the thought of thanking him into his bleary mind, and Isolfr looked up at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/he-fell-away-into-the-column-before-isolfr-could-blink-the-thought-of/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“Felix just sat there, not smirking exactly - or not so as you could call him on it - but clearly happy with how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/felix-just-sat-there-not-smirking-exactly-or-not-so-as-you-could-call/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“Jonak says to say he send congratulations and well-wishes and all the things he ought—he was so pleased with himself for being an uncle…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/jonak-says-to-say-he-send-congratulations-and-well-wishes-and-all-the/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“He's not my lover," Isolfr said. She raised an eyebrow, a long feathery, shaggy sweep. "You're his beloved. Both of them. I saw enough…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/he-s-not-my-lover-isolfr-said-she-raised-an-eyebrow-a-long-feathery/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“There ain’t nothing worse than getting fired by somebody you hate, because it means they”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/there-ain-t-nothing-worse-than-getting-fired-by-somebody-you-hate/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/the-obligation-d-me-meant-that-his-only-allegiance-was-to-felix/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [I have mild albinism, which means I am very sensitive to light, so the animal representation of my spirit would have to be a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/i-have-mild-albinism-which-means-i-am-very-sensitive-to-light-so-the/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“Beyond the window, snow fell like frozen drops of poison.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/beyond-the-window-snow-fell-like-frozen-drops-of-poison/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“ 'You like jealousy. You like knowing people want you.' He wasn't talking about sex, and my heart slowed a little. 'Is it not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/you-like-jealousy-you-like-knowing-people-want-you-he-wasn-t-talking/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [“If I was really, really lucky, Felix might throw a fireball at me, and I'd get out of the rest of this freakshow.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/if-i-was-really-really-lucky-felix-might-throw-a-fireball-at-me-and-i/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/it-is-a-rose-planted-in-your-heart-and-as-it-s-thorns-tear-you-so/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/i-gave-up-on-cussing-i-d-run-out-of-words-filthy-enough-and-just/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) > [I am a huge fan of world-building. I love doing it in my own books, and I love reading it done well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-monette/i-am-a-huge-fan-of-world-building-i-love-doing-it-in-my-own-books-and/) [Sarah Monette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-monette/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/smooth-skin/sarah-monette/#itemlist", "name": "1 Smooth skin Quotes By Sarah Monette", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“He's not my lover,\" Isolfr said. She raised an eyebrow, a long feathery, shaggy sweep. \"You're his beloved. Both of them. I saw enough on the war-trail to know.\" Then she laughed, and took her hand off his and pushed his chest like a wolf-cub nudging playfully. \"We don't get to pick who loves us, you know. 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