Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

Here are the contexts of quotes tweeted between May 23 and May 29.

“You won’t have to depend on anyone else to tell you what to do after this.” Fortune’s Fool, by Mercedes Lackey. Katya to Yulya, suggesting that once she is free, she will still be able to think for herself.

“Even sheep know not to grow much wool in the desert.” Fortune’s Fool, by Mercedes Lackey. Lyuba, commenting on the wool uniforms worn by the mercenaries in the desert climate created by the Jinn.

“Don’t they deserve a chance to repent and reform?” Fortune’s Fool, by Mercedes Lackey. Sergei, explaining why the evil Jinn was imprisoned in a bottle rather than simply dropped down a volcano. (Though I’m not sure that would have killed him, as he appears to be a fire spirit.)

 “It was just him and his own thoughts, and he was finding that an uncomfortable experience.” The Snow Queen  by Mercedes Lackey. Kay has always been the center of attention, and he is finding that being left to himself to do what he wishes, without company, is something he doesn’t like.

“Not every tale has a happy ending, after all.” The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey.  Some of the Tales forced by the Tradition were tragedies.

“Wishes were dangerous things.” The Snow Queen by Mercedes Lackey.  Aleksia, whose job as Fairy Godmother largely consists of handling the results of “be careful what you wish for.”

“It’s the instability that lets you maneuver.” Tourist Trap by Sue Ann Bowling. Roi is discussing the hang gliders, but this is true of a lot of things.

Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

These are the quotes tweeted from @sueannbowling between April 25 and May 1, with their contexts. All but the last are from Fortune’s Fool, by Mercedes Lackey.

“We are the servants of our people and our fathers.” Both Sasha and Katya are the children of kings, and must be at the service of their respective countries.

“You don’t take a prisoner to a room with a chandelier, as a rule.” Sasha’s reasoning when he taken by the guards of the Queen of Copper Mountain.

“Since there never has been, she believed there never would be.” An advisor to the Queen of Copper Mountain, thanking Sasha for convincing her that the spreading desert could be a threat.

“People who never face danger never believe that danger can come to them.” A continuation of the same advisor’s comments.

“My mate will tell you I talk before I think sometimes.” Gina, after she has inadvertently insulted the Wolf.

“If you do a lot of thinking, especially thinking for yourself, you get better at it.” Katya to Yulya, the swan maiden, as they are plotting against the Jinn.

“Flagged jumps were supposed to be smooth!” Bowling, Homecoming. Due to Zhaim’s own actions the Bounceabout has made a jump without everything being set up properly, and Zhaim has been knocked unconscious as a result.

Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

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These are the contexts of the quotes tweeted between March 28 and April 3, 2013. The first six are from Fortune’s Fool, by Mercedes Lackey.

“People who thought they were in love were not noted for rational behavior.” Sasha has induced a Rusalka (the ghost of a betrayed girl who drowned herself) to scare young people into behaving – but he has some doubt whether it will always work.

“Being madly in love wasn’t always a good thing.” Sasha decides to sing about a contented couple rather than a love song.

“Quiet does not make for stories and songs.” The Tradition does not like peace and quiet.

“Small corrections, made early, rendered the powerful magics unnecessary.” The sentence starts: “Songweavers worked in small ways, not large ones, and yet”

“I do this because … I have to. I have to, or I wouldn’t be true to myself.” The quotation continues: “I can make things better, one day at a time, for most of the Kingdom. We’re given a choice in our lives, to make things better, or worse, or merely endure like sheep. I choose to make things better, as much as I can.”

“An emotion as powerful as love tended to get all tangled up in the magic, and make complications.” Part of the explanation of why magical creatures and humans tended to have different moral codes.

“Most people are convinced that it can’t happen, so they don’t let it happen.” Sue Ann Bowling, Tourist Trap. Roi’s explanation of why teleporting another living human being is extremely difficult.

Quotes from Mercedes Lackey

These are the contexts of the quotes tweeted from February 28 through March 6 from @sueannbowling.

“Every creature that knows it is mortal has some hope for something good on the other side of death.” Mercedes Lackey, One Good Knight. Periapt, the dragon. He continues, “And every version of Paradise is different. And, I suppose, they can all be true.”

“The cleverer you are, the more responsibility you need.” Mercedes Lackey, Fortune’s Fool. Katya’s father believes that idle hands (and minds) breed mischief.

“Keep in mind that I don’t tell you everything.” Mercedes Lackey, Fortune’s Fool. Sasha’s father supports his son, but does not tell him what he has no need to know.

“It didn’t do to laugh when you were playing a flute.” Mercedes Lackey, Fortune’s Fool. Sasha has to stop himself from chuckling at the unicorns’ reaction to his playing.

“When you don’t know, you wait.” Mercedes Lackey, Fortune’s Fool. Katya has come on two witches fighting over a shogun, and is not sure which to aid.

“Even a would-be goddess should beware of Godmothers.” Mercedes Lackey, Fortune’s Fool. Godmothers have very high status (and abilities) in the five hundred kingdoms.

“Feral cats can really mess up an ecosystem that hasn’t evolved with them.” Bowling, Horse Power. The reason that no felines (including house cats) were included in the terraforming of Horizon.