Tina Connolly Quotes

Tina Connolly is an American science fiction and fantasy writer and poet. Her 2012 book Ironskin was nominated for the Nebula Award for Best Novel. Her flash fiction podcast "Toasted Cake" won the Parsec Award for Best New Speculative Fiction Podcaster/Team.

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“Anything that lives forever gets bored.”

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 5, “Fey Beauty” (p. 81)

“The guests will arrive soon,” he said, as lightly as if they had been only talking about the weather. “For this tedious chore we call a ‘party.’ We pronounce mingling with uninspired souls ‘charming,’ and talking of unimportant topics ‘delightful.’ Oh, I despise it.”

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 10, “The Edge of the Forest” (p. 170)

“Dorie smiled sideways up at her in the manner of children everywhere when they’d gotten away with something.”

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 2, “Fey Light” (p. 26)

“Jane nodded, and she mentally thanked the several-greats-grandmother who had decided she’d rather risk royal displeasure than give up a book.”

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 9, “The Misses Ingel” (p. 149)

““You are settling in?” he said. “Your rooms are sufficient; the fire is lit, the floors swept; all ets are ceteraed?””

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 3, “Sequins and Bluepacks” (p. 43)

“The thought flashed that this was what taking chances was—you always thought in the back of your mind that doing the right thing would lead you down the right path to the right outcome. But when it came down to it, you might still fail, and everything might end in disaster. Faith in your decision did not mean that the best was going to happen.”

Tina Connolly

Source: Ironskin (2012), Chapter 13, “The Last Ray of Sunlight” (p. 222)

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