Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Lackey
Mercedes Ritchie Lackeyis 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...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth24 June 1950
Mercedes Lackey quotes about
can-do
I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind
lonely responsibility cities
It's just as easy to be lonely in a city as out in the wilderness. Easier, really. It's harder to get to know someone when you meet in a crowded place. People can freely ignore you in the city; they can assume they don't have any responsibility for you. When there are fewer people, (...) they begin assuming some kind of responsibility, simply because you naturally do the same.
hug ifs hug-you
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.
dog cat thinking
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.
names giving long
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!
laughter hysterical break
If he didn't get out of here - right now - Harrier was either going to break into hysterical laughter or strangle somebody.
kings three never-trust
Three things never trust in- The maiden sworn as pure, The vows a king has given, And an ambush that is sure.
treats carpet persons
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
attitude prayer assuming
Assume the attitude of prayer, and in time, the attitude will become prayer.
fantasy horror written
... everything written is at least in part fantasy. Except maybe the national budget. That's horror.
rocks priorities strange
It's hard being a rock; they have such a strange sense of time - and priorities.
technology magic tools
Magic, like technology, is a tool.
lasts mud said
Yeah, well, that's what you said the last time it did this, and it was doing it that time too,' Tiercel said waspishly. Clear as mud,' Harrier muttered.
dog forever three
In a dog's world, only three states existed: "now," "in a while," and "forever." If someone left, he was gone "forever," and when he returned they rejoiced as much as if he were back from the dead precisely because he'd been gone "forever.