Mercedes Lackey Quotes

“Not forgiving someone hurts you worse than it hurts him… even if he doesn't deserve to be forgiven… Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one who put it there.”

“Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.”

“If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid.
(a Shin'a'in saying)”

“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.”

“Three things trust and cherish well-
The horse on which you ride,
The beast that guards and watches,
And your shield-mate at your side.”

“… from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.”

“Getting angry over something that won't change is like seeing what happens if you hit your hand with a hammer over and over again, and being surprised each time when it hurts. So you might as well stop doing it.”

“If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.”

“It isn't wise to be rude to one's mother. She knows everything about your childhood that is potentially embarassing.”

“Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.”

“You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong.”

“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.”

“It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.”

“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”

“Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.”

“Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.”

“Do you know the kind of things that live up there?… things without names 'cause no one who's seen 'em has lived long enough to give them any name besides 'AAAARG!”

“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.”

“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish.”

“If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "danger" on the floor around them. Look, it's "danger", don't step in it!”

“The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.”

“How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.”

“Certainly no one has ever died of an unrequited passion—it's usually the ones that are requited that get people in trouble.”

“Of three things be wary-
of a feather on a cat,
The shepherd eating mutton,
And a guardsman that is fat.”

“I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything.”

“And when it comes down to cases, everything written is at least in part a fantasy. Except maybe for the national budget. That's horror.”

“Three things never trust in-
The maiden sworn as pure,
The vows a king has given,
And an ambush that is sure.”

“Three things know a secret-
First; the lady in a dream,
The dog that barks no warning,
And a maid that does not scream.”

“Three things see no end-
A flower blighted ere it bloomed,
A message that was wasted,
And a journey that was doomed.”

“Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one to put it there.”

“Glorious Destinies get you Glorious Funerals.”

“We have more televangelists per square mile here in this part of the country than I really care to think about. Maybe somebody out there will figure out how to spray for them.”