However, other themes that appear in the narrative include: Chapter 32 (p.History and Memory is the central theme throughout the story of Briar Rose.

“Oh,” Becca said, “we like the truth all right. But it is better to be fully awake, don’t you think?”.“Americans do not want to be awake?” “We are all sleeping princesses some time.Wars may make heroes of men, but not all the time.It is only crazy to live there, like so many of the aristocracy. It is not crazy to want to know the past.She hated to lie but she hated arguments even more.“On whether you are Rumplestiltskin or the Queen.” “Fairy tales always have a happy ending.” Time may heal wounds, but it does not erase the scars.“I judge people by how well they read maps.” It was better than any Biblical miracle and risked no beliefs. Then she waited while the magic of modern invention turned tap water into a hot dark-brown caffeine-powered drink. She filled the pot, got out a new filter, threw the old one onto the garbage, and counted out five tablespoons of Columbian Supreme.Once she’d seen a fox cross the meadow to disappear into the forest.Īll page numbers from the mass market paperback edition published in November 1993 by Tor ISBN 2-6 Around the commandant’s house, bright flowers were teased by the wind. There were brilliant sunsets and soft breezes. It was as if all nature ignored what went on in the camp. Hannah watched them for a moment, scarcely breathing. Then they soared back up beyond the barracks. Overhead the swallows dipped down to catch bugs rising from the ground.He will be in the shadow of your dreams and in your living flesh, for he is the other part of yourself. Know, my son, that the enemy will always be with you.So Waverly did what every child of ten does. “No, you cannot…must not…shall not…may not…” to everything that seemed even the slightest bit interesting or exciting or dangerous.Here There Be Unicorns (1994) Page numbers from the hardcover edition, published by Harcourt Brace & Company ISBN 0-15-209902-6 See Jane Yolen's Internet Science Fiction Database page for original publication details There is no liar like the one who lies to himself.For what was art, she thought, but the heart and soul made visible.Madness also makes folks uneasy they fear contagion.

Fifteen years can be a long or a short time, depending upon whether one is immortal or not.

Quotes Short fiction Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985) Page numbers from the mass market edition, published by Ace Books ISBN 2-9 See Jane Yolen's Internet Science Fiction Database page for original publication details

1.1.1 Dragonfield and Other Stories (1985).

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