Gateway Quotes

“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.”
― Sharon Shinn, Gateway

“You almost threw it back!' she repeated, and her voice filled with mock horror.

'You foolish boy! Are you always so careless with items of value?'

'No,' he said, abruptly sober. 'I know what matters. And I never throw those things away. I hold on to them as long as I can.”
― Sharon Shinn, Gateway

“...the townhouses looked bedraggled, unkempt, like an old homeless woman with an interesting history but a perilous future.”
― Sharon Shinn, Gateway

“Every political party needs the righteous anger of the loyal opposition to keep it honest,”
― Sharon Shinn, Gateway