Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

There's your real heroes—the people who keep coping, keep trying, no matter how many blows Fate takes at them.

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

We could also come to the question of motive, although as any good detective will tell you, you need to find the means first, then the opportunity, all bolstered by evidence, and then you will have the motive without needing to look for it. You don't immediately go about accusing every random person who has motive to kill someone." He chuckled. "If you did that, you'd be arresting a great many innocent people.

The tray held herb tea, buttered bread, fruit and sheep's-milk yogurt mixed with honey, something Andie particularly liked first thing in the morning. It was, in fact, breakfast in bed.

Be careful when someone repeats something too often; things that are repeated often enough can start to seem to be true, even when they are not.

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

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

And in Magic, belief is the most important component

Sevgi bazen yan?nda ac?y? da getirir ama ÅŸu an hissettiÄŸin ac?n?n beraberinde sevgiyi de getirip getiremeyeceÄŸini bilmenin hiçbir yolu yoktur.

After all, once touched by a unicorn, growing up couldn't be too hard.

Bir ÅŸeyleri d??ar? at?p kap?y? kilitlediÄŸinde, asl?nda kendini içeri kilitlemiÅŸ oluyorsun.

It's always 'a thousand years' in stories, even if it was eight hundred ten or fourteen hundred eighty. 'A thousand years' is dramatic, and drama means more to people than accuracy, I'll tell you that for free. That's how you get throngs of obedient morons, while the educated have to work doubly hard to keep records accurate. Historians and librarians have saved more lives than Healers.

Hiçbir adam?n kendisine uygun olmayan bir yerde dövüÅŸmeyi reddetmesi yüzünden korkak diye an?lmas?na izin vermeyin.

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

Not enough of us get to tell those who had a hand in building us just how we feel about our pasts, while they're still alive. It wounds the heart, but makes us more whole whenever we can, though. This physical world isn't all there is, but while we have it, this is the one that counts. The words should be spoken.

That was then, this is now; the moment is never the same twice.

Humans given no incentive to do more . . . generally will not.

These people are civilians, Moira. Look at them. They didn't try to hurt Holcomb's workers and they're certainly no threat to the Cabal." I smiled and waved my right hand, palm out. "Come on. You know these aren't the druids you're looking for." No one even chuckled. So much for diffusing the situation with humor.

He held out the bottle. Clarice's hand was steady as she took it from him. It is poison , she thought distantly. It will kill her. She tried to be horrified at the thought, but she couldn't manage it.

Do what you can, do everything that you can, do it to the best of your ability, and leave the rest to fate. Or the gods. Or random luck. Your choice.

all three Bardic Talents: the Gift, the Skill, and the Creativity.

I'd been going to study Pre-Flowering History, Tiercel offered. Now you're living it, Kave said.

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

Think twice, act once, is what everyone says.