Mercedes Lackey
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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
can-do
I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind
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.
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
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.
mets nevertheless knows
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.
emotional thinking doctors
Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.