Mercedes Lackey Quotes

There are more nasty things in pretty packages in the world than most people would believe.

The gods gave you a brain, boy,' he'd say. 'If you want to honor them, use it.

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.

I always work from an outline, so I know all the of the broad events and some of the finer details before I begin writing the book.

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty.
Yes. No. I don't know. I ... Yes. No.

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

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

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

By Gaia's left breast, Hades, you really are a moron,

There will always be bad times ... It's the getting back up again that counts." - Gallen in "Intrigues

Or, as Nikolas had said, in tones of admiration, She can tell you to go to hell in a way that will send you running of to pack your bags.

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in any given scene.

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

You look like you've swallowed a live fish, and you're not certain if you're enjoying the experience.

Everything written is at least in part fantasy.
Except maybe the national budget.
That's horror.

[Harrier] locked eyes with Zanattar. He couldn't remember another time in his life when he'd been this angry and hadn't hit something.

Weapons master is giving me special lessons." she (Amily) chuckled. " He calls then How Not To Get Killed lessons.

He isn't stupid, but his interests are so narrow I doubt I could slip a sheet of paper in between them

Tradition spoke of an elegant half-arch being only a fallen pile of stones without its counterpart to make it whole.

Genius will only take you to 'good.' Practice will take you to 'Master.

How could we have been afraid of her? She was only dead. It's the living we fear.

That's how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks.

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

his nose in the door and

Sometimes good people [are] helpless ... terrible things happen ... to good people ... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.

Yeah, and if I have to choose between being eaten by the Endarkened and telling my Da I'm a Wildmage, I'm not sure which I'd pick.

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

:No one runs from anything quite like they run from change.:

Acting on what you want is something only children think is an adult prerogative.

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

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

If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.

Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas - but not zombies.

Pretend long enough that you belong, and eventually even you will believe it. - Gallen

I'm the leader of this herd of cats," she responded. "I doubt my sanity every day.

Words and love together can more often achieve what magic cannot.

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

Though drowned was just as dead as any other way of dying.

Love is as much trust as it is devotion

when there's nothing to be done you might as well get some sleep, because when there is something to be done you're going to wish you'd had some." As

Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to.

A quaint conceit, don't you think?

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.

So, that's okay. It's not like you're turning into an Endarkened or something, like Kellen's evil stepbrother Anigrel the Black.

It's easy for parents to pull the strings that make one dance ... after all, they are the ones who tied those strings in the first place

a fistful of crayons or a few pots of

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

Make someone a devout, fanatical anything, and his brain turns to mulch.

will integrate you into the

Keth, power brings with it the need to make moral judgments; history proves that. You have no choice but to make those decisions.

Townsfolk can get downright touchy over the occasional earth-elemental in the scullery. Can't imagine why ...

Parents always know what strings control your heart and soul. After all, they are the ones who tied them there.

He is an excellent fellow, but he has one deep flaw. He cannot cook. In fact, he has been known to ruin boiling water.: Mags

Glorious Destinies get you Glorious Funerals.

By such little victories are wars and hearts won,

You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had.

You are eccentric when you have enough money to not be considered crazy,

And the nightmare-monster of her childhood revealed itself to be a thing of old clothes stuffed with straw.

When they are seen as a type, and not as individuals, they are easy for a fanatical mind to grasp - and hate.

It is only a fairy tale. They always end sadly.

But no one can truly know how the game will play before the stones are laid upon the board

Keep breathing. Exhale all the hurt and sorrow, inhale the untainted air.

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

Elves - You can't live with them and there's just no resale value.

We're given a choice in our lives, to make things better, or worse, or merely endure like sheep. I choose to make things better, as much as I can.

Evil done in the name of a Power of good is still evil. And good done in the name of a Power of evil is still good.

You are speaking to a cat. If you do not believe this is magic, what do you think it is? She

Cats. You can't live with them, and the fur's too thin for a rug.

Zen Hugs - the hugs that you would get, if we were there, if we could hug you, but we aren't, and we can't.

I'm so bad with people I can't even win an argument with myself.

By Zeus's goolies, it's about time you got here!

We can rebuild. We can't resurrect." I

When warriors feel afraid they lack something, it is only because they are forgetful. They have forgotten how capable they truly are.

Well, we could have just given him a horse and sent him on his way, but ... Ancaladar ate the horse.

The hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.

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

Remember this always: to have something, sometimes you must be willing to lose it. Love must live free, jel'enedra. Love must ever live free.

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

It's hard being a rock; they have such a strange sense of time - and priorities.

I'm tired of being alone, and fighting my battles alone.

It was Mags' turn to snort. But most on it is there ain't 'nough space for him an' his ego t' be in th' same room at th' same time.

Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.

Well," Clarice said, once the pirates were safely out of earshot. "Nobody shot us." "Yet," Dominick answered.

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

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

She would never truly be her own woman if she allowed fear and old memories to dictate where she would or would not go.

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

They didn't have to be true to be good.

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

When you want something done, you ask a man. When you want it done quietly and without any fuss, you ask a woman.

It is a hunger with me, books. I had rather read than eat, I do think.

So her safe little world would never be safe again ... She knew that the nurturing hand also held the knife, and that was very unsettling.

If you would rise, do so alone.

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

Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.

Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.

If you speak something's name too often, it might come looking for you. I

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

My parents can take themselves off on a scenic tour of hell before they tell me who my friends will be, Gan said pleasantly.

Ain't necessarily 'bout bein' the 'right one' so much as it is bein' the one that's there an' willin'.