17 quotes found
“speak hard, steal the air.”
“Step by stepMoment by momentWe live throughAnother day”
“A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.”
“Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing.”
“Fight only in direst needNot for lust or petty greedHonor those that do give birthRespect them well for their full worth”
“Harper to your word be trueHolder, crafter you also hewTo honesty, integrity, and respectAll others without regard to intellect”
“My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea.Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me.We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever been...”
“There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty.”
“Harper, treat your words with careFor they may cause joy or despairSing your songs of health and loveOf dragons flaming from above”
“The tears I feel todayI'll wait to shed tomorrow.Though I'll not sleep this nightNor find surcease from sorrow.My eyes must keep their sight:I dare not be tear-blinded.I must be free to talkNot cho...”
“The AI told her not long ago that her "Why?" period might have been the shortest on record - because Mum and Dad answered every "Why?" in detail AND made sure she understood, so she wouldn't ask th...”
“all the time complaining at me that she could have had a career dancing topless at the Orbital Grill and Rendezvous Parlor. Her and her perky breasts. Yasmin, I told her, all the girls have perky b...”
“It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others.”
“Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.~ A thought by Lessa ~”
“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”
“Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them.”
“If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love,there was no reason to live.”
