The Summer Queen Quotes

“There are two tragedies in life. One is never getting your heart's desire. The other is getting it.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen

“Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen

“Everything changes, today's tears are tomorrow's absurdities, after all.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen

“My gods or your gods, who know which are stronger?' That's why we honor them all - just in case. There are more cultures even than Gods in the Eight Worlds, and among them you'll find people who are willing to kill you, or each other, over any difference in belief or lifestyle or physical appearance you can imagine - and some you can't. They all think they're right. There's no Truth, Tammis, only differences of opinion.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen

“I love you,' he whispered again, wonderingly, as he understood at last how a lifetime together with someone that you loved could seem like an eternity, and yet not be long enough.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen

“He is afraid, as suddenly he knows that he was afraid all along, that if he felt her body so close to him he would never let her go.”
― Joan D. Vinge, The Summer Queen