Sherwood Smith

“Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?”

— Sherwood Smith

Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So…

— Sherwood Smith

It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting…

— Sherwood Smith

I have made number mistakes - I have such bad number dyslexia that I can look at a number and see the…

— Sherwood Smith

“War is a convenient fix for government problems if it happens somewhere else. To other people.”

— Sherwood Smith

“If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's…

— Sherwood Smith

As a kid, I pretty much got nothing but scorn, and occasionally active animus, for writing fantasy and squirreling it away in…

— Sherwood Smith

“The more one has, the less one desires.”

— Sherwood Smith

“Fall in love with heart, not head, to trouble you’re led. Fall in love with heart and mind, then true love you’ll…

— Sherwood Smith

I had seen ardency in men's eyes, but I had only felt it once. With Flauvic, false and therefore easy to dismiss.…

— Sherwood Smith

Everyone is an idiot," I stated. "Except me.

— Sherwood Smith

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

— Sherwood Smith

They're safe,'' he said. "And you're not made of glass". He swept me up in his arms. I laughed. "And I'm not…

— Sherwood Smith

“Who can ever know what turns the spark into flame? Vidanric's initial interest in me might well have been kindled by the…

— Sherwood Smith

“For the first time, I comprehended that love, at least for me, had nothing to do with sex.”

— Sherwood Smith

Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?" They don't make songs when…

— Sherwood Smith

“Choose the duty that you can most effectively execute: that is, finally, all we can do in life.”

— Sherwood Smith

“If everywhere you go everyone watches you, and wants you, can you truly be yourself?”

— Sherwood Smith

“You, there, girl! Halt!" Who in the universe ever halts when the enemy tells them to?”

— Sherwood Smith

When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.

— Sherwood Smith

“What's it really like to always be the prettiest person in a room? Dos it mean you're always acting as if in…

— Sherwood Smith

When I turned thirteen and took a typing class, with typical early teen enthusiasm and total lack of critical ability, I started…

— Sherwood Smith

I was as eager a writer as I was a reader.

— Sherwood Smith

“When you love something enough time races ahead like the wind chasing autumn leaves, sending them skipping and dancing out of reach,…

— Sherwood Smith

“I can see her struggling to make what she considers courtly banter, but if she’s ever been kissed before, I’ll eat my…

— Sherwood Smith