01c. 1950 ADHonor 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.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
02c. 1950 ADI'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
03c. 1950 ADHow could we have been afraid of her? She was only dead. It’s the living we fear.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
04c. 1950 ADI have only one question, my sister and my friend,” she said, so earnestly that Kethry came out of her own fear and looked deeply into the shadowed eyes that met hers. “And that is this; which way do you want them sliced—lengthwise, or widthwise?Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
05c. 1950 ADThe dragonets found the carpenters to be even more fascinating than the furniture, and followed the poor men from pen to pen, crowding around to watch, tasting the wooden planks, trying to steal the tools. It made for an interesting day for everyone, as the boys tried to keep the dragonets away from the carpenters, and the dragonets tried to get at the carpenters, and the carpenters worked probably a great deal faster than they ever had in their lives, sure that the dragonets would go from tasting the wood to tasting them.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
06c. 1950 ADWell, we could have just given him a horse and sent him on his way, but... Ancaladar ate the horse.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
07c. 1950 ADAmong the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
08c. 1950 ADThen he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane, that laugh. In fact, it was the laughter of someone who never had more than a nodding acquaintance with sanity.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
09c. 1950 ADIf it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
10c. 1950 ADWitch' is just a religion, okay? No baby-sacrificing, no Black Masses, no sending imps out to scare the dog-snot out of kids, trying to make them think they're crazy. We don't do things like that. Our number-one law is 'Have fun in this lifetime, but don't hurt anybody.'Nice little paraphrase of "An it harm none, do as ye will" if I do say so myself.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
11c. 1950 ADI'm not a legend or a hero, I don't slay dragons, I don't do any of the things that a real hero can. But I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the kingdom.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
13c. 1950 ADOnly a very careless father would be inclined to tell you what I'm going to tell you. I suppose I'm about to act like the disreputable uncle who everyone fears to leave the boys with because he encourages them to drink distilled spirits, stay up late, and do more than merely kiss girls." "Uh... what?" Mags replied, utterly bewildered now."I am going," Jakyr said, leaning toward Mags, his eyes dancing with laughter, "to tell you how to please a woman."Max thought for a moment his face that caught fire, because surely it couldn't burn like that without some outside help.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
14c. 1950 ADPeri went to the window, gesturing out at the dragons, perched and flying, everywhere. "Safe, true, but how boring! How confining! How sad! How could that compare with this? And what is safe? You were not safe on your little farm. War came to you and took all your safety away! If I am to be in this world, I want more than to be a hound upon the game board, tucked away in a corner until the jackals come and sweep all away!Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
15c. 1950 ADIt's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.Mercedes Lackey / quote ↗
