28 Quotes by Mary Robinette Kowal

The difference between fanfic and a “real” novel is that fanfic is honest about its inspiration.

It’s hard to convince people that catastrophic weather changes are coming on a nice day.

If you don’t know by now, you own me, heart, mind, body, and soul.

It’s not about adding diversity for the sake of diversity, it’s about subtracting homogeneity for the sake of realism.

It’s a hard thing to look at something you want and to know that the right choice is to turn it down.

Fiction is people having extraordinary reactions to ordinary things, but in genre fiction, they have ordinary reactions to extraordinary things.

How many of us had died leaving no one behind to light the yahrzeit candles and recite the Kaddish prayer?

She sighed to cover her agitation. “You are insufferable.” “I prefer ‘inscrutable.’” He smiled, softening a little at her teasing tone, and because she had allowed the change of topic. “Inexplicable would be more accurate.” “Inconceivable!” She rested her hand on her ever-increasing stomach. “Not any longer.” He laughed and kissed her on the forehead. “I do not think that word means what you think it means.” “Humph!” But Jane was delighted that she had managed to make him laugh.

Following my usual overreaction, I had filled it with mounds of mashed potatoes, boiled greens, curried lentils, chicken parmesan, and two types of cake. Recognizing a cycle and being able to stop said cycle are not the same thing.