Mercedes Lackey

The fastest I've ever done a book is a 112,000-word book in about a month.

— Mercedes Lackey

“The gods gave you a brain, boy,' he'd say. 'If you want to honor them, use it.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“In his experience, true leaders seldom had or needed flamboyant titles.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“We believe that all those who are served should also spend time serving.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“Genius will only take you to 'good.' Practice will take you to 'Master.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“You are eccentric when you have enough money to not be considered crazy,”

— Mercedes Lackey

The freedom to swing your fist ends at my nose.

— Mercedes Lackey

I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything. --Steelmind

— Mercedes Lackey

“The willpower to do anything would come, the songs and writings said, if the motive was pure.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“...not forgiving someone is like not pulling a thorn out of your foot just because you weren't the one that put it…

— Mercedes Lackey

“So, that's okay. It's not like you're turning into an Endarkened or something, like Kellen's evil stepbrother Anigrel the Black.”

— Mercedes Lackey

There will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts." - Gallen in "Intrigues

— Mercedes Lackey

“Muddling along ... is the great secret to life... You take the good and the bad and cope as they happen" -…

— Mercedes Lackey

“When you want something done, you ask a man. When you want it done quietly and without any fuss, you ask a…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Well,” Clarice said, once the pirates were safely out of earshot. “Nobody shot us.” “Yet,” Dominick answered.”

— Mercedes Lackey

Three things know a secret- First; the lady in a dream, The dog that barks no warning, And a maid that does…

— Mercedes Lackey

Evil working in subtler fashion; marriages that proved to be no more then legalized slavery, and the careful manipulation of a bright…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Ree-" Grey barked into the icy silence. "Lax!" The word spat so unexpectedly into her ear had precisely the effect Grey must…

— Mercedes Lackey

“And don't even suggest that these would be better off in Tiercel's hands. No, Tiercel has other things to do with his…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Then he heard a wild, high-pitched cackling that made the hair stand up on the back of his neck. It wasn't sane,…

— Mercedes Lackey

“[...] what the hell do I do about a broken lifebond?" He shook his head, obviously at a loss. "I can't tell…

— Mercedes Lackey

If there are going to be people out there making war on other people, don't you think it's a good idea for…

— Mercedes Lackey

“We are to call hares ad become mushrooms," Jermayan explained kindly. "Presumimg Kindolhinadetil will grant us the load of a mirror." "Yes…

— Mercedes Lackey

“The idea that they were going to have to-eventually-go someplace that was even hotter than this was now was worrying Harrier, but…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Little Robin had been brought by Lord Orthallen—although he had the feeling that his lord did not realize it. The boy was…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Elspeth had the joyous task of breaking the news to the rest of the Council. There was no such accord among the…

— Mercedes Lackey

“It seems to me that evil is a kind of ultimate greed, a greed that is so all-encompassing that it can't ever…

— Mercedes Lackey

Doctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Thought it has certainly taken you long enough to realize what should have truly been precious to you. Not your own self-importance,…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Sebastian looked alarmed at her stiffness, but Eric took it in and chuckled. "Riding astride would have been easier," he said. "You…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Aleksia laughed at her, putting a world of scorn and withering contempt into her voice--just as Kay would probably do in a…

— Mercedes Lackey

“Established religion is like established anything else. It's easy. It offers answers you can get prepackaged and predigested, right off the shelf,…

— Mercedes Lackey

If it is stupid but it works, it isn't stupid. (a Shin'a'in saying)

— Mercedes Lackey

How DARE the villainous cads be as clever as the heroes.

— Mercedes Lackey

There's more than enough seriousness in the world.

— Mercedes Lackey

“I have no place in my life for someone who is sure he can do everything.”

— Mercedes Lackey

“Jett Gallatin expected trouble in Alsop, Texas—but not zombies.”

— Mercedes Lackey

Some must be warriors, that others may live in peace.

— Mercedes Lackey

You are human and mortal; we are the sum of our weak moments and our strong.

— Mercedes Lackey

It's only gossip if you repeat it. Until then, it's gathering information.

— Mercedes Lackey