Sharon Shinn
Sharon Shinn
Sharon Shinnis an American novelist who writes combining aspects of fantasy, science fiction and romance. She has published more than a dozen novels for adult and young adult readers. Her works include the Shifting Circles Series, the Samaria Series, the Twelve Houses Series, and a rewriting of Jane Eyre, Jenna Starborn. She works as a journalist in St. Louis, Missouri and is a graduate of Northwestern University...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
CountryUnited States of America
Sharon Shinn quotes about
prayer believe heart
Are you asking me if there is a god?' he said, still in that soft voice. 'All I can say is, I believe there is. I feel him when I sing. He has responded to my prayers countless times. He guides my actions and he dwells in my heart. I know he is there.
heart hands way
We cannot go backward. We cannot erase time and events. But we can go forward, hand in hand, hope in our hearts and love lighting our way.
heart thinking compassion
If love makes you sad, you acquire a little depth, a little compassion. If it makes you happy, you learn how to be joyous. Every relationship should color your soul to a certain degree, don't you think? Every friendship, every love affair - each one should build up the chambers of your heart the way a sea creature builds the chamber of his shell.
should havens
She should leave you. Or you shouldn't leave her. I haven't worked it out yet. But you shouldn't be apart.
soul way kind
He is so kind that he makes me search my soul to find new ways to be compassionate to others.
faults i-realized mines
she had something I could not have, and so I resented her—but I realized the fault was mine and not hers.
sometimes models refuse
Sometimes we become what we see. Sometimes we take what we see and make it the model for what we refuse to become.
winning men hard-times
It is very easy to shun someone who is deliberately cruel, and everyone loathes a man who is brutal and vicious. Such people have a hard time winning followers. But an individual who is gracious, who is attractive, who smiles and flatters and praises - that is a person who can lead whole nations to disaster. Who would not want to follow such a man or woman? Everyone is drawn to beauty and wit.
ocean love-is sea
Love is like water from the ocean." Damiana said. "You cannot empty it dry. Take bucket after bucket of water out of the Cormeon Sea, and there is still more water left than you could ever use up. That's what love's like.
who-i-am way born
I am who I am, born that way, and will die that way.
my-love-for-you elementals dies
My love for you is elemental and immutable, and it will sustain me until I die.
wedding thinking doubt
Your wedding completely changes the direction of your life, you know, no matter how greatly you desire it. I think that moment of doubt and faintness comes from all those imagined and now impossible futures all pressing in on you at once. It is your last chance to experience them, you see, and they all want to be lived at that moment.
love-is misery notion
Love is a popular romantic notion that leads to nothing but its own brand of misery.
stills knows
A truth that no one knows is still the truth.