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1 " A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
2 " My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea.Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me.We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever beenAnd only my white-winged craft and I know the wonders we have seen. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonsong (Harper Hall, #1)
3 " Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonseye (Pern, #13)
4 " speak hard, steal the air. "
― Anne McCaffrey
5 " Step by stepMoment by momentWe live throughAnother day "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragon Harper (Pern, #19)
6 " 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. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonsinger (Harper Hall, #2)
7 " Harper, treat your words with careFor they may cause joy or despairSing your songs of health and loveOf dragons flaming from above "
8 " The tears I feel todayI'll wait to shed tomorrow.Though I'll not sleep this nightNor find surcease from sorrow.My eyes must keep their sight:I dare not be tear-blinded.I must be free to talkNot choked with grief, clear-minded.My mouth cannot betrayThe anguish that I know.Yes, I'll keep my tears til later:But my grief will never go. "
9 " all the time complaining at me that she could have had a career dancing topless at the Orbital Grill and Rendezvous Parlor. Her and her perky breasts. Yasmin, I told her, all the girls have perky breasts in zero-g, you were nothing special, you’re lucky a good man took you away from all that. "
10 " Fight only in direst needNot for lust or petty greedHonor those that do give birthRespect them well for their full worth "
11 " It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Nerilka's Story (Pern, #8)
12 " Harper to your word be trueHolder, crafter you also hewTo honesty, integrity, and respectAll others without regard to intellect "
13 " Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”~ A thought by Lessa ~ "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
14 " 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. "
15 " Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them. "
16 " If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love,there was no reason to live. "
17 " possible "
― Anne McCaffrey , Killashandra (Crystal Singer #2)
18 " 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. "
― Anne McCaffrey , The Ship Who Searched (Brainship, #3)
19 " Necessity breeds solution. "
20 " Maybes never are. "
