Anne McCaffrey Quotes

Don't leave me alone!
A cry in the night,
Of anguish heart-stiking,
Of soul-killing fright.

Live for my living
Or else I must die
Don't leave me alone.
A world heard that cry.

There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty.

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.

How much can a dragon carry?
As much as it thinks it can

Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day

Drummer, beat, and piper, blow
Harper, strike, and soldier, go
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Til the dawning Red Star passes

To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.

Harper, your song has a sorrowful sound,
Though the tune was written as gay.
Your voice is sad and your hands are slow
And your eye meeting mine turns away.

I have a shelf of comfort books, which I read when the world closes in on me or something untoward happens.

Oh, Tongue, give sound to joy and sing
Of hope and promise on dragonwing

Maybes never are.

Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”
~ A thought by Lessa ~

Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. They can be survivors but I don't as a rule put "messages" in my writing.

Harper to your word be true
Holder, crafter you also hew
To honesty, integrity, and respect
All others without regard to intellect

He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.