Sharon Shinn

She smiled, if he could see that, and waited for him to ask the real question. But he was silent. He wanted…

— Sharon Shinn

“...the townhouses looked bedraggled, unkempt, like an old homeless woman with an interesting history but a perilous future.”

— Sharon Shinn

Yes, Jenna, I love you with all my heart. And with my atoms and molecules and electrons and whatever further breakdown you…

— Sharon Shinn

“And might I live long enough to see the world yet again as a place completely different, through eyes that see another…

— Sharon Shinn

Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I…

— Sharon Shinn

I realized a long time ago, with a certain amazement, that no mattter how important something is in your life, no matter…

— Sharon Shinn

“She was smiling as she leaned toward Reed, who stooped down to put his lips against her ear. He would tell her…

— Sharon Shinn

Manufactured--synthetic--even virtual, if that is what you turned out to be--I would love you.

— Sharon Shinn

Your wedding completely changes the direction of your life, you know, no matter how greatly you desire it. I think that moment…

— Sharon Shinn

It is very easy to shun someone who is deliberately cruel, and everyone loathes a man who is brutal and vicious. Such…

— Sharon Shinn

“But I am king. And the well-being of my kingdom depends on my sound judgment and clear head. And those things depend…

— Sharon Shinn

“How did they find out?" Donnal inquired. "Did you set them on fire?" "You know, it's so rare that I actually do…

— Sharon Shinn

“I wonder,” I said. “Perhaps you can meet with an accident on the road. Harwin and I can bring back the sad…

— Sharon Shinn

You have not traveled enough," she said. "Or you'd know that every journey makes its own map across your heart.

— Sharon Shinn

He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.

— Sharon Shinn

She should leave you. Or you shouldn't leave her. I haven't worked it out yet. But you shouldn't be apart.

— Sharon Shinn

He looked down at his empty glass. "One of the other ways in which I am different from my father," he said.…

— Sharon Shinn

“I had been right the first time. His sonorous voice echoed through a hollow place of sorrow, catching its reverberations from those…

— Sharon Shinn

Everybody's afraid of love, because love is what hurts the most.

— Sharon Shinn

If love makes you sad, you acquire a little depth, a little compassion. If it makes you happy, you learn how to…

— Sharon Shinn

If mankind's greatest achievement is to produce more spaces for mankind to live in, I do not think I am so impressed.

— Sharon Shinn

My love for you is elemental and immutable, and it will sustain me until I die.

— Sharon Shinn

“That was so-Gryffin always has so much pain. That you can take it away like that - it's almost like magic." Chase…

— Sharon Shinn

I am who I am, born that way, and will die that way.

— Sharon Shinn

“It is better to bow to the dictates of the wind than to try to chase or chain it.”

— Sharon Shinn