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Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.
Mercedes Lackey
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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
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Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
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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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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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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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It's hard being a rock they have such a strange sense of time - and priorities.
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It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing.
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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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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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