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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.

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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That's what writing is all about, after all, making others see what you have put down on the page and believing that it does, or could, exist and you want to go there.
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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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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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Living is struggling to do something impossible To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.
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Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes
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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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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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