--- title: "3 M. Rickert Quotes - Famous Science fiction writer" description: "American writer... | Mary Rickert, known as M. Rickert, is an American writer of fantasy fiction. Many of her stories have been published in The Magazin..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-m-rickert-85884.jpg" --- ![Portrait of M. Rickert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-m-rickert-85884.jpg) # M. Rickert (1959) Science Fiction Writer **3** quotes in **9** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet M. Rickert is a science fiction writer. ## Quick Facts About M. Rickert Born December 11, 1959 Profession Science Fiction Writer ## About M. Rickert American writer... \| Mary Rickert, known as M. Rickert, is an American writer of fantasy fiction. Many of her stories have been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Her first collection, Map of Dreams, was published by Golden Gryphon Press in 2006; her second collection, Holiday, appeared in 2010 from ## Quotes by M. Rickert > [“All life is death. You don't fool yourself about this anymore. You slash at the perfect canvas with strokes of paint and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-rickert/all-life-is-death-you-don-t-fool-yourself-about-this-anymore-you/) [M. Rickert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-rickert/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6f/m-rickert-85884_art_all-life-is-death-you-don-t-fool-yoursel_1131854.jpg) > [“Wasn’t that the terrible lesson of her life? Who can ever really know anyone?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-rickert/wasn-t-that-the-terrible-lesson-of-her-life-who-can-ever-really-know/) [M. Rickert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-rickert/) [Heart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a53/m-rickert-85884_heart_wasn-t-that-the-terrible-lesson-of-her-l_2415319.jpg) > [“The dead are jealous, jealous, jealous and they will do anything to keep you from the living, the lucky living. They will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-rickert/the-dead-are-jealous-jealous-jealous-and-they-will-do-anything-to/) [M. Rickert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-rickert/) [Dead](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/dead/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/abd/m-rickert-85884_dead_the-dead-are-jealous-jealous-jealous-and_2470853.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-rickert/#itemlist", "name": "M. 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