Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

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

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.

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

I'm tired of having to struggle for what seems to come easily to everyone else.

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

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

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

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

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

Not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one to put it there.

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

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

I'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.

It's just as easy to be lonely in a city as out in the wilderness. Easier, really. It's harder to get to know someone when you meet in a crowded place. People can freely ignore you in the city; they can assume they don't have any responsibility for you. When there are fewer people, (...) they begin assuming some kind of responsibility, simply because you naturally do the same.

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

Better watch out said a second voice from somewhere under the Beetle. Don't park those two kraut cars too close together; it's springtime, and they might decide to mate. then Charlie'll be stuck with a garage full of little orange safety cones

A quaint conceit, don't you think?

If you would rise, do so alone.

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

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