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We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.

Mercedes Lackey

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
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Science Fiction Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
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I'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.
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There will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts. - Gallen in Intrigues
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