Quotes by Mercedes Lackey

Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.

Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasnt sane, that laugh. In fact, it was the laughter of someone who never had more than a nodding acquaintance with sanity.

If it is stupid but it works, it isnt stupid. (a Shinain saying)

Witch 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 theyre crazy. We dont do things like that. Our number-one law is Have fun in this lifetime, but dont hurt anybody.Nice little paraphrase of An it harm none, do as ye will if I do say so myself.

Im not a legend or a hero, I dont slay dragons, I dont 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.

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

Only a very careless father would be inclined to tell you what Im going to tell you. I suppose Im 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 couldnt burn like that without some outside help.

Peri 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!

Its only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, its gathering information.

“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.”

“There’s no such thing as `one, true way’; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good — they’re the things worth living and dying for, and if you aren’t willing to die for the things worth living for, you might as well turn in your membership in the human race.”

“The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no longer sit by the fireplace of a palace? Will you deny yourself to those who reach out to you in hopes of warming themselves at your hearthfire?”