Mercedes Lackey Zitate

“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.”

“If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

“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.”

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

“To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.
--Shin'a'in saying”

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

“One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no forethought and nothing but passion, and I will probably collapse with shock.”

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

“Do you know the kind of things that live up there?… things without names 'cause no one who's seen 'em has lived long enough to give them any name besides 'AAAARG!”

“Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things they are willing to do to support it.”

“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a few household implements, and a dead fish.”

“If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "danger" on the floor around them. Look, it's "danger", don't step in it!”

“The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.”

“How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

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

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

“And when it comes down to cases, everything written is at least in part a fantasy. Except maybe for the national budget. That's horror.”

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