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title: "1 Want Characters Quotes By Laura Anne Gilman"
description: "1 Want Characters quotes by Laura Anne Gilman. Plus more from Laura Anne Gilman and more Want Characters sayings from other authors."
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> [Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/clever-s-not-enough-to-hold-me-i-want-characters-who-are-more-than/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6f1/laura-anne-gilman-30345_character_clever-s-not-enough-to-hold-me-i-want-ch_1836425.png)

## More by Laura Anne Gilman

> [“You could not choose where your heart went. You could only suffer the consequences.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/you-could-not-choose-where-your-heart-went-you-could-only-suffer-the/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/civilization-did-not-come-with-fire-it-came-with-the-discovery-of-how/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“Being in a room with that many people was starting to make me itch.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/being-in-a-room-with-that-many-people-was-starting-to-make-me-itch/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/power-calls-to-those-who-are-hungry-for-power-and-there-are-hungry/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Call it not paranoia, but caution.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/call-it-not-paranoia-but-caution/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/i-m-not-so-arrogant-to-think-i-m-the-only-guide-someone-needs-but-i/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“There is very little bad from which good cannot be pressed.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/there-is-very-little-bad-from-which-good-cannot-be-pressed/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“You couldn't get that much under someone's skin, that much in their blood, and not know exactly how to hurt them, even without trying.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/you-couldn-t-get-that-much-under-someone-s-skin-that-much-in-their/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“Nothing was ever wasted, and nothing was learned in vain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/nothing-was-ever-wasted-and-nothing-was-learned-in-vain/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/clever-s-not-enough-to-hold-me-i-want-characters-who-are-more-than/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Everything else was in the past, and the past no longer mattered.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/everything-else-was-in-the-past-and-the-past-no-longer-mattered/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“You planned as much as you could, then you tap-danced like mad.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/you-planned-as-much-as-you-could-then-you-tap-danced-like-mad/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/manhattan-in-the-morning-is-a-living-stream-of-purpose-everyone-s-got/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/i-am-a-trained-professional-liar-do-not-read-me-as-a-textbook/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

> [“Magic wasn't meant to be captured. You just had to live in the moment.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laura-anne-gilman/magic-wasn-t-meant-to-be-captured-you-just-had-to-live-in-the-moment/)

[Laura Anne Gilman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laura-anne-gilman/)

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