“A wager?" I repeated. "Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ... "Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define. "A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning. "Done," I said.” IfsWayFirstsKindSaidStillsHardDoneMomentsWinningChallengesSkyKissingCourtSpeedReactionsMy WayOddRememberedStakesOutrageWagersStill SmilingCrown Duel Author:Sherwood Smith
“When people first discover beauty, they tend to linger. Even if they don’t at first recognize it for what it is.” PeopleIfsFirsts Author:Sherwood Smith
“If more people recognized the difference between friendship and mere attraction, or how love must partake of both to prosper, I expect there'd be more happy people." "And a lot fewer poems and plays," I said, laughing as I splashed about in the scented water.” PeopleIfsSaidPlayWaterDifferencesLaughingMereAttractionFewerHappy People Author:Sherwood Smith
“It would have been funny if I had been an observer and not a participant, an idea that gave me a disconcerting insight into gossip. As I walked beside the silent Tamara, I realized that despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.” IfsHas BeensIdeasStoriesCertainHurtSilentBottomInsightI RealizedDespiteGossipEntertainingObserversItemsParticipantsGetting Hurt Author:Sherwood Smith
