The present is a rope stretched over the past. The secret to walking it is, you never look down.

—Sean Stewart

About Sean Stewart

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Sean Stewart (born June 2, 1965) is the pseudonym of Michael Sean Irwin, an American-Canadian science fiction and fantasy author.

More quotations from Sean Stewart

Sometimes you feel other people's pain worse than your own. We're armored against our own troubles. We can't afford to give in to despair. Then you see someone else struggling, and it breaks your… heart.

—Sean Stewart

There ain't no such thing as wrong food.

—Sean Stewart

There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.

—Sean Stewart

You never can see into someone else's marriage.

—Sean Stewart

History

1 Oct 2025 Added