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21 " When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern (Pern, #7)
22 " He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Acorna's Quest (Acorna #2)
23 " Exchange information, learn to speak sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future. "
― Anne McCaffrey , The White Dragon (Dragonriders of Pern, #3)
24 " Old family motto: "The best revenge is revenge. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (Acorna, #1)
25 " Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great chair at the Council Table, but the padding is thin and the fabric dusty. Humbled to think your hands rest where Moreta’s and Torene’s had rested? Well, the stone is ingrained with dirt and needs a good scrubbing. And your rump may rest where theirs did – but that’s not where you have your brains. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
26 " There wasn’t a man alive in Pern who hadn’t secretly cherished the notion that he might be able to Impress a dragon. That he could be linked for life to the love and sustaining admiration of these gentle great beasts. That he could transverse Pern in a twinkling, astride his dragon. That he would never suffer the loneliness that was the condition of most men - a dragonrider always had his dragon. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonquest (Dragonriders of Pern, #2)
27 " There’s nothing wrong in doubting. It sometimes leads to greater faith. "
― Anne McCaffrey , The Dragonriders of Pern (Dragonriders of Pern, #1-3)
28 " You idiot! You misbegotten son of a jinn’s meeting with a jackass, may the grave of your maternal grandmother be defiled by the dung of ten thousand syphilitic she-camels! "
29 " Scuse me, lady, but I'm Wisp, 'cause that's all I am, a wisp of a thing, not much good for changing a thing in the world," said the boy for when he stepped inside, the light from the grimy window gave her a good view of his anxious, pointed little face. "
― Anne McCaffrey , An Exchange of Gifts
30 " Living was struggling to do something impossible - to succeed, or die, knowing you had tried! "
31 " A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships. "
32 " Some folk, too, believe what the loudest talker says. And some folk because it frightens them not to. "
33 " And so we must arm ourselves with tongues of flame. "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonsdawn (Pern, #9)
34 " True portraits are never realistic "
― Anne McCaffrey , Dragonseye (Pern, #13)
35 " To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven, "
― Anne McCaffrey , All the Weyrs of Pern (Pern, #11)
36 " Die happy-I will," F'nor cried, cutting more fruit. "
37 " A man ought not be afraid to say he didn’t know. Nor a woman. "
38 " It must be an amazing mind-set, Afra thought, to consider one’s self the only being of worth in the galaxy. There had been Humans who had had such delusions. They had generally died because of them "
― Anne McCaffrey , Lyon's Pride (The Tower and the Hive, #4)
39 " If Man was the highest achievement of Nature's grand design, then Nature had a sense of humor. Whereas "
― Anne McCaffrey , The Ship Who Saved the Worlds (Brainship, #5-6)
40 " Don’t store guilt for future use. Afra "
― Anne McCaffrey , Damia (The Tower and the Hive, #2)