Nevertheless, She Persisted Quotes

“There’s a line in Delany’s Stars In My Pocket Like Grains of Sand where he talks about re-reading and says that this time the gleam of torchlight reflected in the water was a different gold. That about sums it up. I love the first re-read of a book, when I know what is coming and am not anxious either about what will happen or whether it will continue to be good, but it isn’t yet as familiar as an old slipper.”
― Jo Walton, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project

“Stop,” roared the Unquiet Emperor’s chieftains. Nevertheless, she persisted.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project

“You will not touch the heart of the Emperor. You will bow down. You will tell him it is a beautiful heart, the best heart.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project

“I only dreamt, sir.” “Then you must beg him to spare you the punishment of thieves. You know very well that all dreams belong to the Emperor”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project

“The Unquiet Emperor had banished the words true and false from the kingdom, along with all their arrogant synonyms, which dared to cause division in his sacred realm.”
― Charlie Jane Anders, Nevertheless, She Persisted: Flash Fiction Project