Anne McCaffrey cytaty

„Kogo bogowie mają zniszczyć, temu najpierw odbierają rozum.”

„Zakaz tylko zwiększa pragnienie.”

“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.”

“Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.”

“A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.”

“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”

“A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.”

“Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day”

“Oh, Tongue, give sound to joy and sing
Of hope and promise on dragonwing”

“Necessity breeds solution.”

“There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty.”

“Drummer, beat, and piper, blow
Harper, strike, and soldier, go
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Til the dawning Red Star passes”

“be you and not someone else”

“Maybes never are.”

“Harper, your song has a sorrowful sound,
Though the tune was written as gay.
Your voice is sad and your hands are slow
And your eye meeting mine turns away.”

“The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.”

“Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”
~ A thought by Lessa ~”

“When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it.”

“Fight only in direst need
Not for lust or petty greed
Honor those that do give birth
Respect them well for their full worth”

“How much can a dragon carry?
As much as it thinks it can”

“He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.”