67 Quotes by Sherwood Smith

But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I’m willing to myself.

As soon as we’re born, we become a part of patterns, the intimate ones we create with those we live among, and the patterns so large that it takes a lifetime to perceive a fragment of the possibilities.

I feel stupid when people say ‘You? You are so brave,’ because I don’t feel brave, I don’t even know what brave is.

He said the proclivities for indulging in gossip stems from the same impulse as the reading of novels, only gossip touches on real people. Therein lies the harm.

I endeavor to be serious and you will not take me seriously.

At the best of times I don’t have the kind of voice anyone would want to hear mangling their favorite songs.

Maybe I’m no longer a dog, but I can still bite!

The less said about that morning’s ride, the better. I would have been uncomfortable even if I’d been riding with Branaric, for my leg ached steadily from the jarring of the horse’s pace. To be riding along in the clasp of an enemy just made my spirits feel the worse.

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