Shira Glassman > Quotes

“You have to believe in your authority if you want anyone else to," Rivka commented.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Jeweled stars, pearl stars, silver coins in olive jars... glittering deep within the dark, see them flicker, see them spark...”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“When someone loves a remarkable woman...” Isaac sat down on her right side and caressed the firm line of her biceps with his left hand. It stirred his blood. “...her feats should captivate him, just as her eyes do.” “Do”
― Shira Glassman, A Harvest of Ripe Figs

“Who is this brave woman,” he said softly between gasps, “who has pierced my heart?” Rivka smiled, at peace, and held him. She was still wearing her sword.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“A lot of people haven't realized how big knitting is. They still associate it with grandmothers and pregnancy."   "In other words, with desexualized women," Danielle pointed out. "And therefore, it becomes devalued.”
― Shira Glassman, Knit One, Girl Two

“replied. “Back to that first moment I knew I loved you, the first time you beat me during our sword fighting lessons.” “It was raining,” she remembered. “You stood there, hair wet, water dripping everywhere, staring at me, confused and triumphant... You were an avalanche.” After five years they had grown used to kissing with the cloth mask in the way. He smelled the sweat of her busy afternoon on it. “I remember those old days...” His fingers were in her hair now. “I, bored and frustrated in the countryside, and you, proud and eager, but rough around the edges...” “I”
― Shira Glassman, A Harvest of Ripe Figs

“Latke was a formidable force in the fairy roller derby league.”
― Shira Glassman, Eitan's Chord

“Does that mean you seek women for love... like I do?” The words tumbled out impulsively, the child of a night without affection and a morning without breakfast.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Everyone else bites pita, but with my darling, the pita bites back,” said Aviva.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“When we put his kippah into the museum, everyone was talking about how much money it was worth and the embroidery by some famous artist and how it was a national relic, and all this -- but I was just thinking of Shabbat, and seders, and -- and it didn't mean any of those things to me. It meant lighting candles. It meant he'd hid the afikomen in the palace for me and joking with his advisors as he waited around for me to find it so he could give me a new book. National treasure? I--' She blinked away new tears, but this time the look on her face was one of indignation.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“There was also a beautiful new feeling growing within her as she slowly realized that for the first time in her life, a young person looked up to her and depended on her. So she vowed to honor her dead by being the strong woman Isaac would have been proud to see, and honor her living by being the strong woman Shulamit needed.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“I can’t stop picking at them. Even when it makes me bleed. I know I need to stop, but it’s almost a compulsion. I’m so used to it hurting when I put lemons or limes in my drink; I don’t even notice it anymore. The fifty dollar word for it is dermatillomania,”
― Shira Glassman, Wet Nails

“She also picked up a mango, and then, after thinking about it for a moment, bought a second as well.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“The other sight was a voluptuous young woman, collapsed on the rug with her eyes closed, her clothing torn open and her limbs sticking out at odd angles. It was Aviva, and she wasn’t moving.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Apparently, a visit to a bawdy house got you kidnapped.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“She had bad luck with the fanfic browsing that night. One ran that risk when it was all free — not that published fiction wasn't its own kind of crapshoot — but she must have been clicking under a bad star. First”
― Shira Glassman, Knit One, Girl Two

“Perach” itself means “flower” in Hebrew, and is a reference to Perach’s being based on South Florida, where I grew up. (Florida also means “flower”, in a way.)”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Bravery isn’t all swordfighting and riding dragons,” said Rivka. “Sometimes it takes bravery just to be who you really are inside.”
― Shira Glassman, Climbing the Date Palm

“Her scales were a deep, dark green, and textured, like a jeweled avocado rind, and they covered most of her, except the short, stubby horns on her head, which were a dull gold, like dirty jewelry. Two enormous wings, angular and with pointed tips like a bat’s, stuck out from her sides and propelled them through the air. Beyond Riv at the back of the dragon, the queen caught glimpses of a powerfully muscled tail.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Love is intense. You break down all your walls to let someone in. But if they're not good for you, they can tear you up from the inside. And you think what you have together is love, so you let them.”
― Shira Glassman, Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor

“Oh,” she suddenly realized. “Aviva, this is Riv, the new captain of my royal guard.” “Hello,” said Aviva. “I’m a cook, made of stone. Nice to meet you.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Clara didn’t know what to say, but she also knew not every silence had to be filled. Sometimes the white spots, those left undyed and natural, were integral to the beauty of a colorway.”
― Shira Glassman, Knit One, Girl Two

“He nodded to her in thanks. As she withdrew from him, he knotted it around his waist. Then he held his arms up to the sky.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Rivka knew that despite Shulamit’s obvious lack of discretion with these ladies about her own activities, the queen had kept her secret.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“If I let my losses conquer me, I can’t fight, nor smile, nor live.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“I love you, and I can’t wait to spend the rest of my life with you — NOT AS A HORSE. Your husband, Isaac”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“She wanted to hear more of Soledad geeking out, preferably while sticky and naked and trying to decide on pizza toppings.”
― Shira Glassman, Cinnamon Blade: Knife in Shining Armor

“Looking for excellent f/f fiction? Check out: Daughter of Mystery by Heather Rose Jones
Poppy Jenkins by Clare Ashton”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“I should taste it just to double-check,” Rivka mused. But the horse had ambled up beside her and was drinking out of the fountain herself with no ill effects.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango

“Aviva smiled briefly, and then her face grew cloudy again. “But, Shulamit, that’s not what I meant. I’m sorry to call you Your Majesty instead of Your Highness.” Shulamit’s face fell. “Oh.” “I cried for you. While all of Perach mourned our king, I mourned Shulamit’s father. I’m so sorry.”
― Shira Glassman, The Second Mango