Quotes from Michael Swanwick

A few words before we attack," Surplus said. "I know that I can trust you all to be terrifying..." "Yasss!" his mountain horse said. "Be quiet, Buttercup. However, please remember to only knock down things that are not difficult to repair – porches are fine; pottery is not.

The best thing to be in a city was anonymous. Failing that, however, notoriety would do.

The Spider Hero lived his life by this maxim: He who possesses great power is burdened also with great responsibility. —

So she asked, "If you're a machine, then what is your function? Why were you made?" "To know you. To love you. And to serve you.

But there was only so much temptation a man could resist without losing all respect for himself.

Lucky for you, you don't need to worry about love at all. Because you have a wife.

It almost sounds sensible when you say it," Prince First-Born Splendor said. "Even though I know better.