Home / Quotes / Quote by Maria V. Snyder

Quote by Maria V. Snyder

“I'm your mother. I see all. Hear all. Know all.”

Quote by Maria V. Snyder

Work

In this gripping tale, a protagonist uses a spy glass as a tool to uncover secrets and navigate a world of danger and deceit. more

Author

Maria V. Snyder

Maria V. Snyder is an American author of science fiction and fantasy novels. Known for her unique magical systems and engaging storylines, her works have gained popularity since their publication in 2005. The specific birth and death dates are unknown. more

You May Also Like

“[Janco] paused. His eyes held a distant gleam as if seeing into his past. 'My first practice was a shock. I was a cocky smart aleck--' [Opal] 'Was?' [J] 'Be quiet. I'm telling a story here.”

Ifs Firsts Stories Eye Past Practice Seeing Quiet Smart His Eyes Shock Cocky Gleam Opal Smart Aleck

Author:Maria V. Snyder

“Soon you start craving that intense attention with the hungry obsession of any junkie. When the drug is withheld you probably turn sick, crazy and depleted not to mention resentful of the dealer who encourage this addiction in the first place but who now refuses to pony up the good stuff anymore despite that you know that he has it hidden somewhere God dammit because you know that he used to give it to you for free.”

Knows Giving Firsts Used Turns Stuff Attention Crazy Drug Sick Addiction Refuse Hungry Intense Obsession Despite Craving Dealer Junkie Ponies Eat Pray Love Book Resentful

Author:Elizabeth Gilbert

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not.”

Yesterday Warning Circus Announcements Night Circus

Author:Erin Morgenstern

“The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.”

Night Black White Unique Yesterday Warning Black And White Canvas Circus Tents Amazement Announcements Breathtaking Night Circus Unique Experiences

Author:Erin Morgenstern

“In our minds we tried to pin her to a corkboard like a butterfly, but the pin merely went through and away she flew”

Mind Butterfly Pins Flew Cactus Like A Butterfly Stargirl

Book:The Stargirl Collection

Source: The Stargirl Collection

“Surrounded, detached, in measureless oceans of space.”

Space Ocean Detached

Book:Leaves of Grass: Vol. I-III: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

Source: Leaves of Grass: Vol. I-III: A Textual Variorum of the Printed Poems, 1855-1856

“Plants grow most in the darkest hours preceding dawn; so do human souls. Nature always pays for a brave fight. Sometimes she pays in strengthened moral muscle, sometimes in deepened spiritual insight, sometimes in a broadening, mellowing, sweetening of the fibres of character,—but she always pays.”

Humans Soul Sometimes Character Spiritual Fighting Grows Hours Pay Moral Brave Plant Insight Dawn Muscles Human Soul Darkest Hour Spiritual Insight

Author:William George Jordan

“There are people who think that things that happen in fiction do not really happen. These people are wrong.”

People Thinking Happens Fiction

Book:The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

Source: The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction

“The only thing to seek in contemplative prayer is God; and we seek Him successfully when we realize that we cannot find Him unless He shows Himself to us, and yet at the same time that He would not have inspired us to seek Him unless we had already found Him.”

Shows Wisdom Found Realizing Prayer Inspired Contemplative Contemplative Prayer

Book:Thoughts In Solitude

Source: Thoughts In Solitude

“It was too much work to remember things you might not have again, and so one by one they opened up their hands and let them go.”

Hands Might Remember Too Much Too Much Work

Author:Ann Patchett