Rachel Hartman

“A feeling rose in me, and I just let it, because what harm could it do? It only had another thirty-two adagio…

— Rachel Hartman

Sometimes the truth has difficulty breaching the city walls of our beliefs. A lie, dressed in the correct livery, passes through more…

— Rachel Hartman

I barely noticed loneliness anymore; it was my normal condition, by necessity if not by nature.

— Rachel Hartman

“It's such a relief after all these years to learn that you recovered from your fright," he said in a low voice,…

— Rachel Hartman

“There are melodies that speak as eloquently as words, that flow logically and inevitably from a single, pure emotion.”

— Rachel Hartman

“Sir James waved a gnarled hand. "They're nothing but feral file clerks, dragons. They used to alphabetize the coins in their hoards.”

— Rachel Hartman

“He didn’t wear his heart on his sleeve, exactly, but he did keep it in a place where I could see it.”

— Rachel Hartman

“I’m attracting small children,” Orma muttered, twisting his hat in his hands. “Shoo it away, will you?”

— Rachel Hartman

“I heard you, sought you, and have found you. I have reached for you, across space and sense and the laws of…

— Rachel Hartman

“I saw the void beneath the surface of the world; it threatened to pull me under.”

— Rachel Hartman

“Art is a conversation we are all invited to and are all worthy to participate in. Yes, great works can be intimidating,…

— Rachel Hartman

The twin gods, Necessity and Chance, walked among the stars. What needed to be, was; what might be, sometimes was.

— Rachel Hartman

“Ah, I could last a long time on those smiles. I would sow and reap them like wheat.”

— Rachel Hartman

“Who will kiss you? Who will rock you to sleep?" His voice was slow, drowsy. "You never did," I said, trying to…

— Rachel Hartman

“He was impugning my virtue. I ought to have been offended, but for some reason the idea tickled me. That could be…

— Rachel Hartman

“Why live in fear that he might find me disgusting someday, when I could make it happen right now?”

— Rachel Hartman

I was drawn to his aloofness, the way cats gravitate toward people who’d rather avoid them.

— Rachel Hartman

“Once I had feared that telling the truth would be like falling, that love would be like hitting the ground, but here…

— Rachel Hartman

I cannot perch among those who think that I am broken.

— Rachel Hartman

“...it's as if I have just solved Skivver's predictive equations, or even better, as if I have intuited the One Equation, seen…

— Rachel Hartman

Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed…

— Rachel Hartman

“I—I value your continued existence.”

— Rachel Hartman

“Your very presence makes other people feel awkward. You stand out when in fact you'd rather not.”

— Rachel Hartman

Did I become court composer through masterful procrastination? Hardly!

— Rachel Hartman

“Love is not a disease...I cannot let them cut you out of me, nor her either. I will cling to my sickness,…

— Rachel Hartman