Quotes by Mercedes Lackey

“This I think I have learned: where there is love, the form does not matter, and the gods are pleased. This I have observed: what occurs in nature, comes by the hand of nature, and if the gods did n...”

“The great love is gone. There are still little loves - friend to friend, brother to sister, student to teacher. Will you deny yourself comfort at the hearthfire of a cottage because you may no long...”

“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 ...”

“To treat a person like a carpet, it is necessary that one do the walking, and one allow himself to be walked on.--Shin'a'in saying”

“If I'm walking on thin ice, I might as well dance my way across.”

“You marry who you think your beloved is, and then discover who they really are over the years. Its that discovery that makes a marriage work.”

“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.”

“Theres no such thing as `one, true way; the only answers worth having are the ones you find for yourself; leave the world better than you found it. Love, freedom, and the chance to do some good th...”

“Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace. ”

“In a calm, clear voice, she suggested that the wyrsa in question could do several highly improbable, athletically difficult and possibly biologically impractical things involving its own mother, a ...”

“Sometimes, it seemed, the business of a Witch or a Godmother was not so much using magic as knowing when not to use it.”

“The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.”

“If they projected the fact that they are dangerous any harder, there would be little puddles of "danger" on the floor around them. Look, it's "danger", don't step in it!”

“Theres a saying in Hardorn, she continued. You shouldnt attempt to teach a goat to sing. It will waste your time, hurt your ears, and annoy the goat. I can say without fear of contradiction that th...”

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

“Keth, power brings with it the need to make moral judgments; history proves that. You have no choice but to make those decisions.”

“I'm not out to disturb anybody's faith. I happen to be happy and comfortable with a belief system that has a dual deity and operates on a lunar schedule. It suits my needs. If you happen to be happ...”

“(From the Author Note at the beginning of the book.) Dorothy L. Sayers used to say that mystery stories were the only moral fiction of the modern world--because in a mystery, you were guaranteed to...”

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

“Teach what you know, regardless of when you have learned it -- teach what you learned yesterday sagely, as if you have known it all your life, and teach what you have known for decades with enthusi...”