“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.”Mercedes Lackey book The Wizard of LondonSource: The Wizard of London
“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”Mercedes Lackey book OwlflightSource: Owlflight
“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.”Mercedes Lackey Source: Beauty and the Werewolf
“Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one to put it there.”Mercedes Lackey book The Wizard of LondonSource: The Wizard of London