“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
“We're none of us quite so sure of our place in the world that we can't be rocked off our feet by bad times. It's the getting back up again that counts. Not that you fall, but getting back up again counts for more in the long run.”Mercedes Lackey Source: Intrigues
“… from what he knew about the Creatures of the Dark they wouldn't waste their time laying elaborate traps. They'd just eat someone.”Mercedes Lackey book The Phoenix UnchainedSource: The Phoenix Unchained