140 Quotes by Anne McCaffrey

Writing has been so much a part of my life that I'm really quite annoyed that I can't do as much as I used to.

I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.

Living is struggling to do something impossible; To succeed or die, knowing that you had tried.

Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.

Drummer, beat, and piper, blowHarper, strike, and soldier, goFree the flame and sear the grassesTil the dawning Red Star passes

The horse, the noblest, bravest, proudest, most courageous and certainly the most perverse and infuriating animal that humans ever domesticated

How could she have believed such an artificial life as the theatre was suitable?

My eyes are green, my hair is silver and I freckly; the rest is subject to change without notice.

Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth