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
adventure alive yeah
Adventure, yeah. I guess that's what you call it when everybody comes back alive.
ignorance prejudice inexperience
Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.
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.
gossip information gathering
It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.
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!
dying way
...Though drowned was just as dead as any other way of dying.
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.
eye remember angry
[Harrier] locked eyes with Zanattar. He couldn't remember another time in his life when he'd been this angry and hadn't hit something.
ifs
If you would rise, do so alone.
warrior may
Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.
horse your-side shields
Three things trust and cherish well- The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches, And your shield-mate at your side.