Rosemary Kirstein Quotes

#1. The change, she knew, was only in herself; she was relieved of deception, and her mind was free to work on its familiar paths. She recognized for the first time that lies worked damage in two directions.

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#2. The whole bathhouse had been given over to laundry, which never struck Steffie as a good idea, what with who knows who having been in there after having been who knows where and having been in he didn't want to think what.

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#3. But the thing to do when you have to do something hard is just dig in and do it. After a while, it being hard doesn't matter anymore. It's just what you're doing, and you keep on doing it.

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#4. People need truth! They need it to be happy, to know what to do, to live!" Rowan

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#5. I don't necessarily respect other people's religions, or any religion. But the people--I respect them, and I give them the honor they deserve, whatever they believe.

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#6. He was one of the five soldiers. He was wearing red then." Bel looked back. "Well, he's wearing red now.

Rosemary Kirstein