Sarah Monette: Greatness

Sarah Monette is American novelist and short story author. Explore interesting quotes on greatness.

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““It will cause a great many changes.”
“Yes, but one cannot prevent change simply by wishing it not to happen.””

Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 22, "The Bridge over the Upazhera" (p. 275)

“His mother had been the world to him, and although she had done her best to prepare him, he had been too young to fully understand what death meant—until she was gone, and the great, raw, gaping hole in his heart could not be filled or patched or mended. He looked for her everywhere, even after he had been shown her body—looked and looked and she could not be found.”

Sarah Monette book The Goblin Emperor

Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 4, "The Funeral at the Ulimeire" (p. 48)

“It will cause a great many changes.”

Sarah Monette book The Goblin Emperor

“Yes, but one cannot prevent change simply by wishing it not to happen.”
Source: The Goblin Emperor (2014), Chapter 22, "The Bridge over the Upazhera" (p. 275)