Awkward moments Quote by Sarah Monette

The fountain of youth is like the monkey's paw in the W. W. Jacobs story. It never ends well.

— Sarah Monette

What makes a story a story is that something changes. Internal, external, small or large, trivial or of earth-shattering importance. Doesn't matter.

— Sarah Monette

“He fell away into the column before Isolfr could blink the thought of thanking him into his bleary mind, and Isolfr looked up at…

— Sarah Monette

“Felix just sat there, not smirking exactly - or not so as you could call him on it - but clearly happy with how…

— Sarah Monette

“Jonak says to say he send congratulations and well-wishes and all the things he ought—he was so pleased with himself for being an uncle…

— Sarah Monette

“He's not my lover," Isolfr said. She raised an eyebrow, a long feathery, shaggy sweep. "You're his beloved. Both of them. I saw enough…

— Sarah Monette

“There ain’t nothing worse than getting fired by somebody you hate, because it means they”

— Sarah Monette

The obligation d'âme meant that his only allegiance was to Felix, making them a separate kingdom of two, with Felix as king and Mildmay…

— Sarah Monette

I have mild albinism, which means I am very sensitive to light, so the animal representation of my spirit would have to be a…

— Sarah Monette

“Beyond the window, snow fell like frozen drops of poison.”

— Sarah Monette

“ 'You like jealousy. You like knowing people want you.' He wasn't talking about sex, and my heart slowed a little. 'Is it not…

— Sarah Monette

It is a rose planted in your heart, and as it's thorns tear you, so does it thrive and flower

— Sarah Monette