The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009 Quotes

“I first met Breandan Reid ó Cuilinn in my father’s Court, in Cill Cannig, on a bright cold November day.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“I do not bind power, nor do I loose it.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“Sal didn’t think in Ifs. If led to If only Macey wasn’t sick, and even If only Sal’s bone marrow was a match. If never did anybody any good at all.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“So that was Jack’s passage into manhood. He was dishonest with the girl he loved. Manhood means learning who you are.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“As for Kirsten, every day made her more unhappy: she felt Jack blaming her for something but she didn’t know what she’d done.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“Sorry about the mess,” Collingsworth said apologetically. “Sia left it shipshape last fall, but you know how it is. One turns one’s back, and entropy takes over.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“Some of the monkeys are crowded around the computer watching kitten videos on a pirated wireless connection.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009

“Art is seeing the truth and revealing it, as beautifully and forcefully and honestly as you are able.”
― Rich Horton, The Year's Best Science Fiction & Fantasy, 2009