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If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
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Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it, that means the fewest number of other people 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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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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This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased. This I have observed: what occurs in nature, comes by the hand of nature, and if the gods did not approve, it would not be there ~ Moondance k'Treva (Magic's Pawn)
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The people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows Fate takes at them. Nobody'll make a song about them, but they're heroes all the same.
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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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Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.
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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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Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passion—it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.
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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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Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.
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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
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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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Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.
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Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.
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I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.
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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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Three things see no end- A flower blighted ere it bloomed, A message that was wasted, And a journey that was doomed.
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A quaint conceit, don't you think?
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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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