Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems clear, just as the surface of a pond seems to bend the stick thrust into the water.
No, I don't think I could fall in love with him, handsome though he is, because I don't accept any of that huff he gives me about my great beauty and… - Sherwood Smith
No, I don't think I could fall in love with him, handsome though he is, because I don't accept any of that huff he gives me about my great beauty and…
- Sherwood Smith
Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same. - Sherwood Smith
Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.
When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is. - Sherwood Smith
When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.
One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone. - Sherwood Smith
One doesn't lose a self, like a pair of gloves or a pine. We learn and change, or we harden into stone.
When in doubt, be ridiculous. - Sherwood Smith
When in doubt, be ridiculous.
The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans. - Sherwood Smith
The only noise now was the rain, pattering softly with the magnificent indifference of nature for the tangled passions of humans.
Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me diff… - Sherwood Smith
Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me diff…
Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt. - Sherwood Smith
Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.
So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to mak… - Sherwood Smith
So let me end with the wish that you find the same kind of happyiness, and laughter, and love, that I have found, and that you have the wisdon to mak…
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