Kate Sherwood > Quotes

“Yes, it's worth it. The pain of sorrow is terrible and hard to bear, but the joy of love makes it worthwhile. p123”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“I’ve been ‘like part of the family’ before, Robyn… it never lasts. People say the dog is like part of the family, right before they get rid of it because one of the real kids gets allergies.”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“Chris just watches, but he can't keep his mouth shut for long. "Excellent, everyone is serving me. I'm glad you guys have finally figured out how it should be...now you just need to convince the world.”
― Kate Sherwood, Head Shy

“You said fucking two minutes ago,” Bruce protested.
“Sure I did,” Joe said, his tone patronizing.
“You did,” Bruce insisted. He was two tables away now, but apparently this was the argument that he didn’t want to let go.
“I fucking doubt it,” Joe said”
― Kate Sherwood, Shadow Valley

“...leaning down for a quick peck on Jeff's lips, and then he starts squirming and rearranging and manhandling until somehow they end up with Dan in the middle, Jeff stretched out on his left side, Evan on his right. Dan isn't really sure how that happened, and he's not at all confident that it's a good idea.”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“Sometimes when things seem to be falling apart, they’re actually falling together.” The older priest kept his face serious for a moment before it cracked into a grin. “I read that on Facebook.” Mark”
― Kate Sherwood, Mark of Cain

“Do you like my brother?" And there goes Dan's confidence. He keeps his eyes resolutely on the field.
"Uh... yes? I mean... I think everyone likes your brother, don't they?"
She leans over and gives him a little hip check. "No, you know what I mean. Do you /like/ him?" Dan just states out at the horses, hoping that one of them will do something, anything, to distract this girl from her question. But the horses just keep grazing and Tat continues. "'Cause he likes you. I mean, he likes Jeff, too, but... you can like two people at once, right?"
"Uh... yes? I think you can like two people at once."
"Yeah. I know it's none of my business or whatever, but... I just wanted to make sure you know... if you like him, that's cool with me. I mean, I like Jeff too, but... you know."
Dan has a brief moment of wanting to shake her. No, he /doesn't/ know. Is everything really so clear to everyone but him? Is he just adding extra complications where they don't need to be? Then he remembers that he's talking to a fifteen-year-old girl. Maybe she shouldn't be the arbiter of what's simple or complicated.
He realizes that she's still waiting for a response from him. "Okay, well... thanks for letting me know."
"Are you guys going to, like... date?"
"Sweet Jesus, Tat, I don't know!" Possibly that's a bit of an overreaction, but she looks more amused than upset.
"All right, all right...." She gets a mischievous look in her eyes.”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“So he slips his head off of Jeff's shoulder and slides out from under Evan's Armand shuffles down to the bottom of the bed. It doesn't have a lot of dignity this part of their sleeping arrangement. He's complained about this before but Jeff just nodded, and Evan had kissed the back of his neck, and they'd both snuggled in a little tighter, pinning him in the middle even more effectively than before.”
― Kate Sherwood, Out of the Darkness

“Well, I've seen porn!" Evan defends and Dan just looks at him.
"Okay, captain Pornie, walk me through it," Dan challenges. "I'll be the pizza guy, and Jeff can be the plumber. You can be... hey, why don't you be the high-powered young executive?"
Evan grins at him with a glint in his eye. "Okay, fine." He laces his fingers together and flexes them in front of him as if he's warming up. He sits back in chair and his eyes focus on the eaves of Jeff's roof then begins.
"The young executive come home after a hard day...
[five pages of detailed porn]
"...and all fall asleep together on the executives huge bed. The End." Evan is pretty clearly proud of himself, and Dan really blame him.
After an appreciative silence, Dan says, "Okay, yeah, so maybe there's some merit to the whole threesome thing.”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“Jeff’s attention is swiveling between the two of them like he’s watching a game of tennis being played with a kitten’s head instead of a ball.”
― Kate Sherwood, Out of the Darkness

“I might wish our Windthorn men were less obsessed with war, but I have to admit it keeps them busy.”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“But there was no one else who inspired this ridiculous eagerness for sacrifice. Jeff dreamed about it, visions of throwing himself in front of bullets, pushing the baby out of the way of a speeding car and taking the hit himself, all kinds of ways to die while saving the child, and he woke up feeling happy, as if he’d finally found his reason to be on the planet.”
― Kate Sherwood, One Bright Star

“Finnvid repeated Theos’s words over in his mind, committing them to memory. And he repeated them in his heart, and committed them to Theos.”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“Relax. He ran it by me first, and as you know, I’m very wise. I wouldn’t agree if it weren’t—well, I was going to say I wouldn’t have agreed if it weren’t a good idea, but that’s not quite true. What I really mean is I wouldn’t have agreed if it weren’t likely to be entertaining.”

From "A Very Sacrati Christmas...or Late Wintermas..." - link in the reviews page”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“You're like a drug. And I'm addicted.”
― Kate Sherwood, Poor Little Rich Boy

“Family is whoever we say it is, Nicky... You haven't learned that yet?”
― Kate Sherwood, Poor Little Rich Boy

“I've never really learned how to do this. When we hunted, we had people to take care of what we caught."

"I thought you hunted with birds."

"We did."

"So the birds caught the animals, other people cleaned them... When you say 'hunting,' do you really mean 'going for a walk'?”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“..., and sometimes there's just no point in arguing with him. "Yeah, okay 'me, Jeff, and Evan, sitting in a tree...'"
Chris claps his hands triumphantly. "That's right, baby!" Than a more serious expression comes across his face. "But, in a tree? Really? I mean, im a not an expert on the gay sex thing, but I think the first time at least you should be on the ground..." And then the evening continues on as expected.”
― Kate Sherwood, Dark Horse

“The three of you were pretty cute last night, with all that touchy-feely crap."

"Yeah, that lasted for about two minutes before you dragged Evan back over to the bar."

"Dude, we were hunting Turkey. [drinking bourbon] it was important." Chris grins. "That boy can drink, I'll give him that."

"That's big of you. From the way you were hanging off each other by the end of the night, I was thinking I might get Jeff all to myself."

Chris shoots him a look. "Is that what you want? If you had your way? Just Jeff?"

Dan Isn't really ready to answer that question, not even from Chris. "Wow, you'd switch teams just for me? You'd steal Evan away just so I could take his boyfriend? That's sweet man, really."

Dan knows that Chris recognizes the deflection, but he lets Dan get away with it. "That's the kind if friend I am, Dan. Maybe you should take a lesson - the next time I need a wingman in a straight bar, it wouldn't kill you to step up."

"Yeah, okay, I'll keep that on mind.”
― Kate Sherwood, Out of the Darkness

“Relax. He ran it by me first, and as you know, I’m very wise. I wouldn’t agree if it weren’t—well, I was going to say I wouldn’t have agreed if it weren’t a good idea, but that’s not quite true. What I really mean is I wouldn’t have agreed if it weren’t likely to be entertaining.

From "A Very Sacrati Christmas...or Late Wintermas..." - link in the reviews page”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“You're not gay, you were just being a really good friend.”
― Kate Sherwood, Poor Little Rich Boy

“Is that supposed to make me feel better?"

"Better? I don't know. It's just...true. It's supposed to make you feel truer.”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“Let's start by taking a little responsibility, okay? Let's not say "what happened" let's say "what I did". "What happened" sounds like you weren't involved and that's bullshit, Alex.”
― Kate Sherwood, Poor Little Rich Boy

“Evan nuzzled his chin into the crook of Dan's neck, finding the spot that always made Dan squirm and laugh. "I love you, Danny."
"You gets so fucking sappy after I let you top," Dan responded, but he didn't move away. "We should stick a spigot in you, drain it out, and boil up some maple syrup."
"You stick your spigot in me, I wouldn't be the one topping anymore."
"Nice. You freak."
"You're the one who wanted to make maple syrup out of my sappiness," Evan protested...”
― Kate Sherwood, Of Dark and Bright

“He was his own worst enemy, al­ways ta­king sim­ple things and ma­king them com­pli­ca­ted.”
― Kate Sherwood, Lost Treasure

“That's all any of us can do, I suppose. We'll pick our side, and we'll fight as well as we can.”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati

“But Varin's ball's deep in his beautiful wife and doesn't even know there is a dragon."
"He's not—He's with his beautiful wife. In their home. Just—with her."
"Fucking."
"That's between Varin and his beautiful wife."
"I'm going to lose most of my respect for Varin and his beautiful wife if they're not spending a lot of time fucking.”
― Kate Sherwood, Sacrati