Sherwood Smith Quote
When we reached our hall, Nee offered to share hot chocolate with me. Shaking my head, I pleaded tiredness--true enough--and retreated to my rooms.And discovered something lying on the little table in the parlor where letters and invitations were supposed to be put.Moving slowly across the room, I looked down at an exquisite porcelain sphere. It was dark blue, with silver stars all over it, and so cunningly painted that when I looked closer it gave the illusion of depth--as if I stared deeply into the sky.Lifting it with reverent care, I opened it and saw, sitting on a white silk nest, a lovely sapphire ring. Trying it on my fingers, I found to my delight it fit my longest one.Why couldn’t Bran give me this in person? There were times when I found my brother incomprehensible, but I knew he thought the same of me.Puzzled, but content, I fell asleep with my ringed hand cradled against my cheek.
When we reached our hall, Nee offered to share hot chocolate with me. Shaking my head, I pleaded tiredness--true enough--and retreated to my rooms.And discovered something lying on the little table in the parlor where letters and invitations were supposed to be put.Moving slowly across the room, I looked down at an exquisite porcelain sphere. It was dark blue, with silver stars all over it, and so cunningly painted that when I looked closer it gave the illusion of depth--as if I stared deeply into the sky.Lifting it with reverent care, I opened it and saw, sitting on a white silk nest, a lovely sapphire ring. Trying it on my fingers, I found to my delight it fit my longest one.Why couldn’t Bran give me this in person? There were times when I found my brother incomprehensible, but I knew he thought the same of me.Puzzled, but content, I fell asleep with my ringed hand cradled against my cheek.
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About Sherwood Smith
Smith's works include the YA novel Crown Duel. Smith also collaborated with Dave Trowbridge in writing the Exordium series and with Andre Norton in writing two of the books in the Solar Queen universe.
In 2001, her short story "Mom and Dad at the Home Front" was a finalist for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Smith's children's books have made it on many library Best Books lists. Her Wren's War was an Anne Spencer Lindbergh Honor Book, and it and The Spy Princess were Mythopoeic Fantasy Award finalists.