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Ramoth's huge golden wedge-shaped head swiveled around as the sleepy dragon instinctively sought her Wyermate. — Anne McCaffrey

I have always used emotion as a writing tool. That goes back to me being on the stage. — Anne McCaffrey

Living was struggling to do something impossible - to succeed, or die, knowing you had tried! — Anne McCaffrey

Given the infinite variety of human personalities, it was impossible to like everyone. — Anne McCaffrey

It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others. — Anne McCaffrey

Jubal threw his sign down in disgust and stalked away from the group. Sosi ran after him, the clipboard with the soggy petition — Anne McCaffrey

If he isn't clean now, I don't know what clean is! — Anne McCaffrey

True portraits are never realistic — Anne McCaffrey

He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase. — Anne McCaffrey

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. — Anne McCaffrey

And so we must arm ourselves with tongues of flame. — Anne McCaffrey

Make no judgments where you have no compassion. — Anne McCaffrey

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to. — Anne McCaffrey

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens. — Anne McCaffrey

I didn't raise Todd to be a writer, but he happened to be one anyway. — Anne McCaffrey

My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice. — Anne McCaffrey

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

I'm 78, I'm on my pension in Ireland, and all that good stuff. — Anne McCaffrey

Harper to your word be true
Holder, crafter you also hew
To honesty, integrity, and respect
All others without regard to intellect — Anne McCaffrey

Tell a story! Don't try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first! — Anne McCaffrey

I have written my own screen version of Pern, but had no buyers yet. — Anne McCaffrey

People have freaked out when I tell them that my dragons are scientifically based ... what else can you call a genetically engineered life form? — Anne McCaffrey

It's easier to flatter a man than fight him. — Anne McCaffrey

There's nothing wrong in doubting. It sometimes leads to greater faith. — Anne McCaffrey

What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food. — Anne McCaffrey

Some folk, too, believe what the loudest talker says. And some folk because it frightens them not to. — Anne McCaffrey

How much can a dragon carry?
As much as it thinks it can — Anne McCaffrey

A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it. — Anne McCaffrey

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. — Anne McCaffrey

Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day — Anne McCaffrey

Fire-lizard dance on wing
To the raucous song I sing.
Fire-lizrad wheel and turn,
Show me how the dragons learn. — Anne McCaffrey

Harper, treat your words with care
For they may cause joy or despair
Sing your songs of health and love
Of dragons flaming from above — Anne McCaffrey

There were two bronzes, three browns, a blue and two greens. — Anne McCaffrey

It isn't often one gets the chance to entertain one's great-great-great-grandmother. Sassinak. — Anne McCaffrey

Ridicule was a better defense than truth. — Anne McCaffrey

I did not have a chance to write novels until my youngest child started school fulltime. — Anne McCaffrey

Maybes never are. — Anne McCaffrey

Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing. — Anne McCaffrey

Die happy-I will, F'nor cried, cutting more fruit. — Anne McCaffrey

Make no judgements where you have no compassion. — Anne McCaffrey

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. — Anne McCaffrey

Seed of a syphilitic she-camel, — Anne McCaffrey

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable? — Anne McCaffrey

Isn't this planet big enough for differences? — Anne McCaffrey

Pick on our clients, will you, you parasitical, piratical, putrefied parcels of puking pus-filled perverts. — Anne McCaffrey

Lessa was Ramoth's and Ramoth was hers, mind and heart, irrevocably attuned. Only death could dissolve that incredible bond. — Anne McCaffrey

I'm very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio. — Anne McCaffrey

Old family motto: "The best revenge is revenge. — Anne McCaffrey

I don't often reread my own books, unless I am going into another in the series and need to refresh my mood when originating the concept. — Anne McCaffrey

Empty the mind of all concerns, see the stone as it is . . . cleansed of associations, wishes, dreams, fantasies, fears. — Anne McCaffrey

Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them. — Anne McCaffrey

Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives. — Anne McCaffrey

Fear has its uses but cowardice has none. — Anne McCaffrey

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

But Ship Who Sang remains my favorite story. I really rocked folks with that and still cannot read it aloud myself without weeping at the end. — Anne McCaffrey

Tell the readers a story! Because without a story, you are merely using words to prove you can string them together in logical sentences. — Anne McCaffrey

Oh, Tongue, give sound to joy and sing
Of hope and promise on dragonwing — Anne McCaffrey

speak hard, steal the air. — Anne McCaffrey

The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear. — Anne McCaffrey

I didn't mean to stay up all night to finish Windhaven, but I had to! — Anne McCaffrey

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

Time, time, time. It's always the wrong time. When is now the time? — Anne McCaffrey

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A man ought not be afraid to say he didn't know. Nor a woman. — Anne McCaffrey

At age 77, I need the help of someone with more energy than I can now summon to finish a book. — Anne McCaffrey

be you and not someone else — Anne McCaffrey

That's such a thrill - a story I wrote at the beginning of my career, and it's still packin' the house. — Anne McCaffrey

Rider to your mate be true
Follow heart in deed and do
All the best your strength can find
So you will rest in heart and mind — Anne McCaffrey

If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love,there was no reason to live. — Anne McCaffrey

What has to be done can scarcely be termed heroic! Master — Anne McCaffrey

It does not matter what the media say, so long as they say something with one's name in it. — Anne McCaffrey

Each egg hatched a different way, but a crack at the right time speeded things up. — Anne McCaffrey

Necessity breeds solution. — Anne McCaffrey

People don't change, love. React first, think later, regret at leisure. He — Anne McCaffrey

The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated — Anne McCaffrey

Man is wise to fear: it sharpens the sense of self-preservation. — Anne McCaffrey

I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom. — Anne McCaffrey

Living is struggling to do something impossible;
To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried. — Anne McCaffrey

But she wouldn't have been a Cat Person if she had not. — Anne McCaffrey