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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
Short Story Writer
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Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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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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