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Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
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Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
Stagnate
Dies
Moving
Keep
Change

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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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Magic, like technology, is a tool.
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Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.
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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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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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Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.
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If you would rise, do so alone.
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Honor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.
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He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them
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Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.
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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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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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If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody.
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The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no longer sit by the fireplace of a palace? Will you deny yourself to those who reach out to you in hopes of warming themselves at your hearthfire?
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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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Three things never anger or you'll not live for long A wolf with cubs, A man with power, And a woman's sense of wrong.
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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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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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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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