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Marie Brennan quotes: There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something.

There is no faster way to harden my determination than to assume I will fail at something.

Marie Brennan quotes: There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.

There is nothing in the world so enticing as that which you have been told you may not have.

Marie Brennan quotes: Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

Matriarchy is a time-honored staple for any writer looking to invent an exotic society.

Marie Brennan quotes: But coming to terms with one's sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another.

But coming to terms with one's sorrow is one thing; sharing it with strangers is quite another.

Marie Brennan quotes: I'm the sort of person who, once I put dragons into the real world, feels obliged to think about how their presence would have changed history.

I'm the sort of person who, once I put dragons into the real world, feels obliged to think about how their presence would have changed history.

Marie Brennan quotes: That should be my epitaph when I die 'she did not have to do it'.

That should be my epitaph when I die 'she did not have to do it'.

Marie Brennan quotes: If you wish, gentle reader, you may augment your mental tableau with dramatic orchestral accompaniment.

If you wish, gentle reader, you may augment your mental tableau with dramatic orchestral accompaniment.

Marie Brennan quotes: I therefore had only enough fear to make myself terrified - not enough to turn back

I therefore had only enough fear to make myself terrified - not enough to turn back

Marie Brennan quotes: Good manners warred with curiosity, and lost.

Good manners warred with curiosity, and lost.

Marie Brennan quotes: 'Fire and Hemlock' is the reason I'm a writer.

'Fire and Hemlock' is the reason I'm a writer.

Marie Brennan quotes: diseases of an unromantic sort,

diseases of an unromantic sort,

Marie Brennan quotes: I honestly think anthropology is one of the most useful fields a fantasy writer can study, more so even than history.

I honestly think anthropology is one of the most useful fields a fantasy writer can study, more so even than history.

Marie Brennan quotes: Given what I do to my characters, I'm not sure I'd want to meet any of them.

Given what I do to my characters, I'm not sure I'd want to meet any of them.

Marie Brennan quotes: Nudity, I find, rapidly becomes boring when it is not treated as scandalous.

Nudity, I find, rapidly becomes boring when it is not treated as scandalous.

Marie Brennan quotes: All hail that bane of the upper class, a scene. The spectre of being publicly shamed

All hail that bane of the upper class, a scene. The spectre of being publicly shamed

Marie Brennan quotes: One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.

One does not cease to treasure a gem simply because one owns another that is larger.

Marie Brennan quotes: I honestly cannot tell whether you are the most practical women I have ever met or the most deranged.""Why can't I be both

I honestly cannot tell whether you are the most practical women I have ever met or the most deranged."
"Why can't I be both

Marie Brennan quotes: I'm a writer; as soon as I imagine what would happen if I found the fountain of youth, it turns into a dystopia in my head.

I'm a writer; as soon as I imagine what would happen if I found the fountain of youth, it turns into a dystopia in my head.

Marie Brennan quotes: I didn't really distinguish between genre and not-genre as a kid, until I made the transition to adult fantasy via Terry Brooks.

I didn't really distinguish between genre and not-genre as a kid, until I made the transition to adult fantasy via Terry Brooks.

Marie Brennan quotes: The dragon within my heart stirred, shifting her wings, as if remembering they could be used to fly.

The dragon within my heart stirred, shifting her wings, as if remembering they could be used to fly.

Marie Brennan quotes: The truth is that real history was a lot more complicated than our popular understandings lead us to believe.

The truth is that real history was a lot more complicated than our popular understandings lead us to believe.

Marie Brennan quotes: Once we love, we cannot revoke it,' she said. 'We can only glory in what it brings pain as well as joy, grief as well as hope.

Once we love, we cannot revoke it,' she said. 'We can only glory in what it brings
pain as well as joy, grief as well as hope.

Marie Brennan quotes: My mood depends heavily on what happens to me right after I get up.

My mood depends heavily on what happens to me right after I get up.

Marie Brennan quotes: (On no trip before or since have I carried more alcohol than undergarments.)

(On no trip before or since have I carried more alcohol than undergarments.)

Marie Brennan quotes: I find that respectability grows wearisome after a time, when one is accustomed to being a disgrace.

I find that respectability grows wearisome after a time, when one is accustomed to being a disgrace.

Marie Brennan quotes: I have never attempted to hide that I have had two husbands in my life.I have, however, neglected to mention that in between them, I had a wife.

I have never attempted to hide that I have had two husbands in my life.
I have, however, neglected to mention that in between them, I had a wife.

Marie Brennan quotes: When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge.

When I'm working on a novel, I generally do write every day, but in between those marathons, I take breaks. My brain needs time to recharge.

Marie Brennan quotes: At no point did I form the conscious intention of founding an ad hoc university in my sitting room. It happened, as it were, by accident.

At no point did I form the conscious intention of founding an ad hoc university in my sitting room. It happened, as it were, by accident.

Marie Brennan quotes: For even the best artwork is a static thing of the eye alone, and words are by their nature linear.

For even the best artwork is a static thing of the eye alone, and words are by their nature linear.

Marie Brennan quotes: I'd love to see more novels and short stories where the characters have their own folklore that isn't the Plot-Bearing Prophecy of Doom.

I'd love to see more novels and short stories where the characters have their own folklore that isn't the Plot-Bearing Prophecy of Doom.

Marie Brennan quotes: I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

I chose my pen name when I was ten, because I knew even then that my legal name would be more trouble than it was worth.

Marie Brennan quotes: It is not easy to fling oneself down stairs in a skirt; there is always the risk that you will tangle your legs and go headlong. But I made it.

It is not easy to fling oneself down stairs in a skirt; there is always the risk that you will tangle your legs and go headlong. But I made it.

Marie Brennan quotes: More shouts, and then my father was there, staring down at me in horror: the minor pagan god, appalled at what his worshiper had done.

More shouts, and then my father was there, staring down at me in horror: the minor pagan god, appalled at what his worshiper had done.