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Mercedes Lackey

Mercedes Ritchie Lackey (born June 24, 1950) is an American writer of fantasy novels. Many of her novels and trilogies are interlinked and set in the world of Velgarth, mostly in and around the country of Valdemar. Her Valdemar novels form a complex tapestry of interaction between human and non-human protagonists with many different cultures and social mores.

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How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

Cad, Clever, Dare, Hero, Villainous

Harrier twisted himself sideways on his saddle to stare at him [Tiercel]. 'You had a vision,' he said flaty. Yes. No. I don't know. I. . . Yes. No.

Vision, Twisted, Sideways, Know, Saddle

You jackass. We're all going to die here. You know that, right?' Harrier said. Yeah," Eugens said shakily. '. . . Guess I might as well die here with you as out on the desert with a bunch of other jackasses.

Desert, Might, Yeah, Jackass, Know

If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world.

Love, Regret, Saddest, Sadness, Words, World

Magic, like technology, is a tool.

Like, Magic, Technology, Tool, Tools

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

Break, Hysterical, Laughter, Strangle

Truth and trust are the means by which civilization holds off barbarism.

Barbarism, Civilization, Holds, Mean, Truth

Do you know the kind of things that live up there?. . . things without names 'cause no one who's seen 'em has lived long enough to give them any name besides 'AAAARG!

Besides, Enough, Giving, Long, Names, Things

A quaint conceit, don't you think?

Conceit, Quaint, Think, Thinking

You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had.

Life, Losing, People, Prejudice

I think I know why you never married, Sarah. " "Well, and I reckoned if I wanted something that'd come and go as he pleased, take me for granted, and ignore me when he chose, I'd get a cat. And if I wanted something I'd always have to be picking up after, getting into trouble, but slavishly devoted, I'd get a dog.

Cat, Chose, Dog, Reckoned, Slavishly, Thinking

It makes sense for people who are good at fighting to go out and do it-because if they're good at it, that means the fewest number of other people die.

Fewest, Fighting, Mean, Numbers, Sense

One day,' Orest said, looking at him comically, 'you will say something that is less than practical and sensible, something that is driven by no forethought and nothing but passion, and I will probably collapse with shock.

Passion, One Day, Driven, Practical, Orest

There will always be bad times. . . It's the getting back up again that counts. " - Gallen in "Intrigues

Back, Bad Times, Counts, Gallen, Getting Back Up, Intrigue

Change or stagnate. Keep moving or die.

Change, Die, Dies, Keep Moving, Moving

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)

Ifs, Saying, Stupid, Working It, Works

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

Can Do, Everything, Life, Place, Steelmind

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.

Atrocities, Becomes, Harder, Hold, Support, Worse

Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.

Assume, Assuming, Attitude, Become, Prayer

Give your enemy a face, If he is human, do not dehumanize him. Know him and know why he is your enemy. If your enemy is within you, understand what it is and why you are afraid. Put a face on your fear. When you understand it, and it is no longer vague and shapeless, you will find that your fear is no longer so formidable.

Courage, Dehumanize, Fear, Giving, Human, Understand

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