“There’s nothing wrong in doubting. It sometimes leads to greater faith.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Some folk, too, believe what the loudest talker says. And some folk because it frightens them not to.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“A man ought not be afraid to say he didn’t know. Nor a woman.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“The bronze rider of Mnementh, Lord F’lar, will require quarters for himself. I, F’nor, brown rider, prefer to be lodged with the wingmen. We are, in number, twelve.” F’lar liked that touch of F’nor’s, totting up the wing strength, as if Fax were incapable of counting.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Ridicule was a better defense than truth.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“The eyes of a vengeful man miss few details he can turn to advantage.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Exchange information, learn to talk sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Each egg hatched a different way, but a crack at the right time speeded things up.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“It’s easier to flatter a man than fight him.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
“Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star passes.”
― Anne McCaffrey, quote from The Dragonriders of Pern
Anne McCaffrey
Born place: in Cambridge, Massachusetts, The United States
Born date April 1, 1926
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“Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not."
"Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Daja's Book
“There is one purpose to life and one only: to bear witness to and understand as much as possible of the complexity of the world- its beauty, its mysteries, its riddles.”
― Anne Rice, quote from Servant of the Bones
“Then the children went to bed, or at least went upstairs, and the men joined the women for a cigarette on the porch, absently picking ticks engorged like grapes off the sleeping dogs. And when the men kissed the women good night, and their weekend whiskers scratched the women's cheeks, the women did not think shave, they thought stay.”
― Amy Hempel, quote from The Collected Stories
“Det var kejsarinnans far som hade stiftat en lag, att föremål, djur och människor med magiska egenskaper var skyldiga att rapporteras. För det var ju inte lätt att regera i en värld där ett guldträd kunde göra en tiggare till kung och talande djur viskade rebelliska visdomsord till skogsarbetarna.”
― Cornelia Funke, quote from Reckless
“Send out the whisper," Ramil told Melletin, "starting with all Brigardians in the pens. Tell them the Dark Prince who escaped Fergox has come to lead them--"
"But you're in the cage with them," Melletin pointed out.
Ramil shrugged. "They don't need to know that. Keep it vague and majestic.”
― Julia Golding, quote from Dragonfly
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