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I think the Internet, particularly the availability of information, is great. I do a lot of correspondence on-line and have a chat line to talk to my fans as well

Anne McCaffrey

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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Internet
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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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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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.
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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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How much can a dragon carry? As much as it thinks it can
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Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims
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Fear has its uses but cowardice has none.
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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff
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