Marie Brennan

“She reached out with her free hand, and when it came back, it glowed with a shaft of impossible light.”

— Marie Brennan

“Just as Manda Lewis's impressions of the world had been informed by her reading-- leading her to expect balls, duels, and conveniently…

— Marie Brennan

“And all the while I have people telling me, at least you still have something of your husband . Do they mean…

— Marie Brennan

“More shouts, and then my father was there, staring down at me in horror: the minor pagan god, appalled at what his…

— Marie Brennan

“I wish it could have been otherwise. But in the end … this is part of our past, whether we are proud to…

— Marie Brennan

But coming to terms with one’s sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another.

— Marie Brennan

“Their characteristics are well-known. They're beautiful -- when they're not astoundingly ugly. They're both goddesses for men to worship, and demons for…

— Marie Brennan

“some of whom did not know declensions from décolletage. It”

— Marie Brennan

“When I finally did confront Mr. Arcott, after my return to Falchester, he had the cheek to try and argue that his…

— Marie Brennan

“You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than…

— Marie Brennan

“Utopias bore me. I'm interested in constructing messy, complicated societies that are full of flaws and then saying, ooh, this is interesting,…

— Marie Brennan

“This was London, in all its filth and glory. Nostalgic for the past, while yearning to cast off the chains of bygone…

— Marie Brennan

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

— Marie Brennan

“Be warned, then: the collected volumes of this series will contain frozen mountains, foetid swamps, hostile foreigners, hostile fellow countrymen, the occasional…

— Marie Brennan

“Once we love, we cannot revoke it,' she said. 'We can only glory in what it brings -- pain as well as…

— Marie Brennan

“You and I are not held to the same standards, Andrew. People will forgive a slip, a weakness, a minor personal folly…

— Marie Brennan

“Science is not separate from politics. As much as I would like it to be a pure thing, existing only in some…

— Marie Brennan

“... There may not be even two men living in the world whom I would have agreed to marry, certainly not on…

— Marie Brennan

“...A widow has freedoms a wife does not. But when I look at you, I do not see obstacles for my career,…

— Marie Brennan

“You may think you see plenty of stars, friend reader, but you are wrong. Night is both blacker and more brilliant than…

— Marie Brennan

Schools are compulsory for about ten years of a person's life. They are, perhaps, the only compulsory institutions for all citizens, although…

— Marie Brennan

“Why do chickens have wishbones?" I asked her one day. One of the kitchen maids answered me in the fatuous tones of…

— Marie Brennan

“Would that I were a man,’” I said, quoting Sarpalyce’s legend. “Except that I do not wish I were a man. I…

— Marie Brennan