11 Quotes & Sayings By Susan Scott

Susan Scott is the author of the award-winning novels Every Dead Thing and All God's Children, as well as several short story collections. Her short fiction has appeared in literary journals and on-line magazines including The Southern Review, One Story, Sycamore Review, The Threepenny Review, The Offing, and Bewildering Stories. Her work has also appeared in anthologies like Telling Tales: A Collection of Best New Stories (W.W. Norton & Company), The Best American Short Stories (Scribner), and the Pushcart Prize Anthology (Coffee House Press) Read more

She is an MFA graduate of Warren Wilson College's MFA program for Writers (and recipient of the Clarion Award) and lives in Asheville, North Carolina with her husband and a very large cat.

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Forbidden fruit makes a wonderful wine." Vazco gave him a leading look. "But leaves a hell of a headache. Susan Scott
2
You can't purchase me with a bunch of stones." " I wouldn't dream of purchasing you." Cullen laughed low in his chest and smiled, this time showing even white teeth. "You're too much trouble. I thought I'd just steal you for a bit. Susan Scott
3
Beauty and power was commonplace to the dragons as mud and manure to a stable boy. Susan Scott
4
What has you roaring like a bull with his prick hung in a fence? Susan Scott
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You can't order me away, you pissant human--" " I just did." Kas swept past him... Susan Scott
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How can something as necessary as breathing be immoral? Susan Scott
7
What pleasure is there in life without beauty?" Dulcie slid a silken blue fold down so her right hip bone showed, and nodded with approval. " Beauty won't fill your belly or keep you warm." Dulcie chuckled. "You might be surprised. Susan Scott
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Her people, the Half-Lights, were the by-blows of the full-blood Magicians and humans. As such, they were outcasts from both kingdoms. Their magic was too unpredictable for the magicians, and too magic - period - for the humans. Susan Scott
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Before she could touch him, he stepped back. "I've no need of a human." " Half- Light, " she corrected, still meeting his gaze in the surface. "I've no need of a dragon magician. Susan Scott
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The dragon marking rested, his fangs concealed and his eyes shut. " Your dragon is pleased, " she said. " Indeed, he is. Susan Scott