Mercedes Lackey Quotes
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If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across
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Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.
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Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does not scream.
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To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on. --Shin'a'in saying
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Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side.
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Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great many texts in Greek and Latin histories that were not though fit for proper gentlemen to read, much less proper ladies. I know in precise detail what Caligula did to, and with, his sisters, and I can quote it to you in Latin or in my own translation if you wish. I am interested in historical truth, and truth in history is often unpleasant and distasteful to those of fine sensibility. I frankly doubt that you will produce anything to shock me.
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One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no forethought and nothing but passion, and I will probably collapse with shock.
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Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.
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Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.
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If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.
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... everything written is at least in part fantasy. Except maybe the national budget. That's horror.
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I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.
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Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.
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Although you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable.
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Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.
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Zen Hugs - the hugs that you would get, if we were there, if we could hug you, but we aren't, and we can't.
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Yeah, well, that's what you said the last time it did this, and it was doing it that time too,' Tiercel said waspishly. Clear as mud,' Harrier muttered.
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You jackass. We're all going to die here. You know that, right?' Harrier said. Yeah," Eugens said shakily. '...Guess I might as well die here with you as out on the desert with a bunch of other jackasses.
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Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.
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I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.
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There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.
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A book's alright when the weather's foul and there's nothing else to do, but why sit and read when the wind is calling your name?
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... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.
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. . . from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.
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[Harrier] locked eyes with Zanattar. He couldn't remember another time in his life when he'd been this angry and hadn't hit something.
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It's just as easy to be lonely in a city as out in the wilderness. Easier, really. It's harder to get to know someone when you meet in a crowded place. People can freely ignore you in the city; they can assume they don't have any responsibility for you. When there are fewer people, (...) they begin assuming some kind of responsibility, simply because you naturally do the same.
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Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.
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I think I know why you never married, Sarah." "Well, and I reckoned if I wanted something that'd come and go as he pleased, take me for granted, and ignore me when he chose, I'd get a cat. And if I wanted something I'd always have to be picking up after, getting into trouble, but slavishly devoted, I'd get a dog.
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Of three things be wary- of a feather on a cat, The shepherd eating mutton, And a guardsman that is fat.
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If you would rise, do so alone.
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