Quotes from Ann Aguirre

I had a respected SF writer call me 'girlie' and demand that I get him a coffee, before the panel we were on together.

He's worth fighting for, but I won't change who I am for any man. No more than he should alter himself to suit me.

Men can be very stupid. We cease to value what we have until it's gone, and only then do we realize the gold we glimpsed in distant hills pales as dross compared to treasure we had in hand.

There's a reason I hate jigsaw puzzles. I don't have the patience to find all the border pieces, especially when they're all the same shade of gray.

He's earned a lifetime of peace and happiness, but some people never get what they deserve. That's why there are saints in gutters and sadists in palaces.

For peace to take hold, one person must first stop fighting.

He's never going to sit at my feet and write me poems, which is good because I hate poetry, except dirty ones that rhyme.

Then in the interest of full honesty, I really wish you'd kiss me right now.

Like most, I was a mix of good and bad, anger and protectiveness, kindness and pride. But right now, I had only strangled fear and the promise of revenge.

With a polite smile, I decided she was insane.

Are you afraid of falling, baby? No, I'm afraid of landing. [He's laughing, and I'm smiling.] Stupid idiot smile, don't you know what comes next?

In 2007, I sold my first book, 'Grimspace.' It says it's SF on the spine. I believe it to be SF, though it's certainly written differently. I write in first person, present tense, and the protagonist is a woman with a woman's thoughts, feelings, and sexual desires.

Sometimes it felt as if all happiness came at a price. You could never, ever, have perfection. Life gave you beauty so you could bear the pain.

Life…never gave me a chance to be soft.

You ever have that feeling? Like you've known someone your whole life but you don't know them at all.

Too often, women are portrayed in two ways: as prizes to be won by men or as damsels in distress.

People need to believe they can make a difference - that one person standing strong can turn the tide.

Time is fluid, so the moments where everything feels perfect pass in a wink, and those where you're on your knees in despair drag on like the death of a thousand cuts.

Each time Stalker called you 'dove', I wanted to hit him. Because you're not a little gray bird... you're all the light in the world.

Not just when its easy. All the time.

He is not the same person as when we met, but . . . neither am I. Time has refined us, but instead of pushing us apart, we're closer than ever.

Possessiveness isn't love. I'm not even sure it qualifies as an emotion.

My process seems to be unusual in the sense that I don't create worlds before characters. With me, character is king.

Because I love you.' It was easy to say it this time now that I understood what it meant. Then I quoted his own words back to him. 'Not just when it's easy. All the time.