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 as ministers,…

- Sarah Monette

I gave up on cussing - I'd run out of words filthy enough - and just started praying.

- Sarah Monette

The dead person is not truly dead until the last person who rememebers them dies.

- Sarah Monette

The fountain of youth is like the monkeys 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

Consider the stars. Among them are no passions, no wars. They know neither love nor hatred. Did man but emulate the stars, would not his soul become …

- Sarah Monette

I catch a flash of red-gold beneath the surface of the water, and realize that there are koi in the pond, massive, serene, and I wonder: are they dre…

- 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