Quotes from Elizabeth Moon

I actually feel that the different kinds of stories come out of different parts of my brain.

I like the Beatles, of course, but that's when I grew up.

In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a character's and let his perceptions take over.

My first degree came years before my second. I had wanted to be a physicist, but I flunked calculus.

When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books.

I used to not back down from a challenge.

Now my mother, interestingly enough, was not a feminist in her own mind.

What it boils down to is that parenting a child with autism is a difficult job; writing about it is far easier.

I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on us all.

Motivation is the power behind plot.

Of death I am as certain as any mortal, Ammerlin, but defeat is certain only in despair.

It is all knowing what to start with. If you start in the right place and follow all the steps, you will get to the right end.

it is much the same, I daresay, wherever and whenever men desire power and the use of power on others.

When—notice that I do not say if, being granted almost as much stubbornness as you, by Gird's grace—when you find that you can swear your honor to Gird's fellowship, it will be my pleasure to give and receive your strokes. Is that satisfactory, or have you more conditions for a Marshal-General of Gird, and Captain-Temporal of the High Lord? Paks

Yes, she had needed that. She had needed it all her life, without knowing that was what she needed. The joy of creation, of play, had been the empty place unfilled by family and social duties. She would have loved her children better, she thought now, if she had realized how much she herself needed to play, to follow her own childish desire to handle beautiful things and make more beauty.

My advice is, the next time you see someone you think you need to rescue, walk quickly away on the far side of the street.

Vengeance is not justice; vengeance is not wise.

Treason is always a conspiracy; it's too big a task for one man, and throughout history has been the work of groups.

No creo que Dios haga que pasen cosas malas sólo para que la gente pueda crecer espiritualmente.

No creo que yo sea autista porque Dios pensara que mis padres necesitaban un desafío o que yo necesitara un desafío. Creo que es como si yo fuera un bebé y me cayera una piedra encima y me rompiera la pierna. La causa habrá sido un accidente. Dios no ha impedido el accidente, pero tampoco lo ha provocado.

You were not bred to avoid trouble," Tobai said. "Your family takes it on, shakes it like a dog shaking a rat, and tosses it to one side.

Siempre pensaba que mis preguntas eran preguntas equivocadas porque nadie más las preguntaba. Tal vez no se les ocurrieron a nadie. Tal vez la oscuridad llegó allí primero. Tal vez yo soy la primera luz que toca un golfo de ignorancia. Tal vez mis preguntas importan.

You have fought a hard battle, in hard conditions, and held a position until help came. Think of it like that.

But people do not always want peace as much as they want their own way.