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Caught between glass and wood, that which breaks and that which bends, that which sings and that which survive. So our lives go.

Mercedes Lackey

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Mercedes Lackey
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: June 24
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Short Story Writer
Writer
Chicago
Illinois
Mercedes Ritchie Lackey
Caught
Bends
Break
Sings
Lives
Wood
Breaks
Glass
Glasses
Survive
Woods

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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.
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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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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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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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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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. . . 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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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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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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Magic, like technology, is a tool.
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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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Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.
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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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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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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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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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If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.
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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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If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)
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