Act'. How many good people do you really know? I discount those who mouth out platitudes for the edification of the young, and who truly are 'good', whatever that means?" What a strange subject, and from such a strange person!" Everyone I know is a mixture, some with more good than bad, and it varies on different days,

— Sherwood Smith

A horse blanket, Mel? I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hand tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right for

— Sherwood Smith

Angry men with pointy things sent to secure a foreign city are pretty much alike anywhere. That's what I've heard. So far nothing's convinced me different.

— Sherwood Smith

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

— Sherwood Smith

Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.

— Sherwood Smith

Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.

— Sherwood Smith

Finally, someone takes me seriously enough to ask for my word of honor, and it’s a villain.

— Sherwood Smith

If everywhere you go everyone watches you, and wants you, can you truly be yourself?

— 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.

— Sherwood Smith

If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.

— Sherwood Smith