Best 14 quotes of Laura Anne Gilman on MyQuotes

Call it not paranoia, but caution.

Civilization did not come with fire. It came with the discovery of how to use fire to heat water.

Clever's not enough to hold me - I want characters who are more than devices to be moved about for Effect.

I am a trained professional liar. Do not read me as a textbook.

I'm not so arrogant to think I'm the only guide someone needs ... but I might be the guide that someone needs.

Manhattan in the morning is a living stream of Purpose; everyone's got a place to be and a problem on their mind. That doesn't mean it's and unfriendly place -- just busy and preoccupied. Personally, I love it. I'm a social creature but there are times and places you just don't want to do more than grunt at your fellow human being.

Power calls to those who are hungry for power, and there are hungry idiots everywhere.

The painful truth is that while we might have the illusion, none of us are free.

Dreams are what make us live. And nightmares may be banished.

Every people had a story of how the world had come about, the boss said, and every one was as valid as the next and just about as true.

He could not breathe freely unless the land spread open in front of him. There were no awkward questions, no uncomfortable demands here, only the sky and the soil and the steady beat of hooves and heart in tandem.

The knowing of what she wanted rose up the way waters did from streams underground, so quietly you didn’t notice until you slipped on the slicked-down stone.

When people start telling you how to fix things, Isobel, it's best to first make sure those things need fixing.

When you have so many people, Isobel, it’s almost the same as having no people at all.