140 Quotes by Anne McCaffrey

Lessa lay in the straw of the redolent cheeseroom she shared as sleeping quarters with the other kitchen drudges.

I’m very fond of the Talent series, and also the Crystal Singer trio.

When is a legend legend? Why is a myth a myth? How old and discussed must a fact be for it to be relegated to the category “Fairy-tale”? And why do certain facts remain incontrovertible while others lose their validity to assume a shabby, unstable character?

Man is wise to fear: it sharpens the sense of self-preservation.

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.

If Man was the highest achievement of Nature’s grand design, then Nature had a sense of humor. Whereas.

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

And you were ready to silence a Harper, and that is a greater wrong, for when speech is restricted, all men suffer, not just I.

Tell a story! Don’t try to impress your reader with style or vocabulary or neatly turned phrases. Tell the story first!