If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world. Mercedes Lackey More Quotes by Mercedes Lackey More Quotes From Mercedes Lackey 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! Mercedes Lackey names giving long There will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts." - Gallen in "Intrigues Mercedes Lackey getting-back-up bad-times intrigue Once the blinders are off, it's rather hard to go back to seeing things the way you used to. Mercedes Lackey blinders used way Witch' is just a religion, okay? No baby-sacrificing, no Black Masses, no sending imps out to scare the dog-snot out of kids, trying to make them think they're crazy. We don't do things like that. Our number-one law is 'Have fun in this lifetime, but don't hurt anybody.' Nice little paraphrase of "An it harm none, do as ye will" if I do say so myself. Mercedes Lackey hurt dog baby Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great many texts in Greek and Latin histories that were not though fit for proper gentlemen to read, much less proper ladies. I know in precise detail what Caligula did to, and with, his sisters, and I can quote it to you in Latin or in my own translation if you wish. I am interested in historical truth, and truth in history is often unpleasant and distasteful to those of fine sensibility. I frankly doubt that you will produce anything to shock me. Mercedes Lackey historical greek latin Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you. Mercedes Lackey inexperience ignorance overcoming Sympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar. Mercedes Lackey sugar strong men Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does not scream. Mercedes Lackey secret dog dream 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. Mercedes Lackey cat dog thinking You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong. Mercedes Lackey moments strong weak 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 Mercedes Lackey carpet treats persons I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind Mercedes Lackey can-do Zen Hugs - the hugs that you would get, if we were there, if we could hug you, but we aren't, and we can't. Mercedes Lackey hug-you hug ifs You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had. Mercedes Lackey prejudice losing people If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for some of those people to at least follow a code of ethics? Not 'honor' but something you can pin down and be sure of, something with the same rules for everybody. Mercedes Lackey war ideas thinking Although you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable. Mercedes Lackey heart night lying 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. Mercedes Lackey fighting numbers mean Nevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth. Mercedes Lackey nevertheless mets knows Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright and sensitive mind until its owner truly believed with all her heart in her own worthlessness. Betrayal, not once, but many times over. Mercedes Lackey betrayal fashion heart Time doesn't. All that Time does is make it more distant, put more space between you and what happened. It doesn't heal anything. I don't know how or what does the healing, but it isn't Time. Mercedes Lackey pain space healing
