Quotes from Sharon Lee

Why are you always right, Captain?" "Now, do you know, my perspective is that I'm often wrong.

Silain sat up straighter. She had heard tales of the headwoman of the People of the Tree. She was a warrior so ferocious the Yxtrang revered her as a hero; a lover so skilled that she had captured the heart and hoard of a Dragon; a woman who gave her word but rarely, and always kept her promises. It was that last which concerned Silain; after all, there were irresistible lovers and fiery warriors in plenty among the Bedel. But promise-keeping, that was dangerous.

like a toad on a birthday cake. Which

She was beyond herself; she touched eternity; she was no mere Witch; she was Moonhawk, and a goddess.

You need to accept the fact that Theo's natural state is 'in trouble

To change. May it be quick and merciful.

All is changed, in an instant. It is only left to do the work.

The act of accepting the constraints of society and taking up responsibility was the mark, stated Scout Commander sen'Lora, of a mature and self-directed individual, whatever form that individual might take.

Funny to be thanked for something comes so nat'ral.

People," she continued, as one spelling out basic truths, "help their friends. That's what holds it all together. If people didn't help their friends, then everything would fall apart. I'm in favor of holding things together, so I help my friends.

Back in my code jockey days, when my brain got to working overtime on an extraneous, trivial problem it usually meant that the grunt work on the real problem was being done in some sleazy back room tenanted by unsavory thought processes, and that sooner or later, if I just went with the flow and didn't jostle their grubby elbows, they'd fork over with a solution.

In an ally, considerations of house, clan, planet, race are insignificant beside two prime questions, which are: 1. Can he shoot? 2. Will he aim at your enemy? — From Cantra yos'Phelium's Log Book (quoted in many