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Anne Mccaffrey Inspirational Quotes (44)

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The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated
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That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house.
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People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form?
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Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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Each email contains an unsubscribe link. We will NEVER sell, rent, loan, or abuse your email address in ANY way. Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.
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Because we build the worlds we wouldn't mind living in. They contain scary things, problems, but also a sense of rightness that makes them alive and makes us want to live there.
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I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage
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But I will say that living in Ireland has changed the cadence and fullness of speech, since the Irish love words and use as many of them in a sentence as possible
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I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens
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I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.
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Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences.
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I have my good days and my bad days, but I don't have as much energy as I used to back when I was young and foolish and didn't count the cost - and it takes a lot - to write
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth
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I wouldn't encourage new writers to start off publishing through electronic media... it still isn't wide enough for the readership they would need to get a good start
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Make no judgments where you have no compassion.
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I think writers need windows on a view to remind them that a whole world is out there, not the minutiae with which they might be dealing on a close scale
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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book
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Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day
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What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
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