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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.

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
Every
Dragons
Brilliant
Sky
Available
Sun
Gold
Outlined
Space
Rims
Made
Crowded

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I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to!
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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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I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.
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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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My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly the rest is subject to change without notice.
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Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.
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