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  1. Anne McCaffrey _ Acorna's People

    fashion. I'm sure he mistook you for one of those…
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  2. Anne McCaffrey _ All the Weyrs of Pern

    for when speech is restricted, all men suffer,
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  3. Anne McCaffrey _ The Death of Sleep

    None of my family is good at being patient. It's why we all become doctors.
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  4. Anne McCaffrey _ The Ship Who Sang

    Physical injury is the least of the harmful accidents that this universe inflicts on its inhabitants; it is soonest mended.
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  5. Anne McCaffrey _ The Ship Who Sang

    She sorted out the young men. Tanner's opportunism amused but did not specifically attract her; the blond Nordsen seemed too simple; dark-haired Al-atpay had a kind of obstinacy with which she felt no compassion: Mir-Ahnin's bitterness hinted an inner darkness she did not wish to lighten, although he made the biggest outward play for her attention.
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  6. Anne McCaffrey _ Beyond Between

    There's a reason that some of our oldest and most important stories start with "Once upon a time . . ." Tucked among the fantastical characters and magical other-worlds are profound truths. Lloyd Alexander, author of the beloved Chronicles of Prydain, said, "Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it." With that, we present to you this collection of wise and beautiful quotes from some of the greatest authors in the fantasy genre.
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  7. Anne McCaffrey _ The Dragonriders of Pern:

    Each egg hatched a different way, but a crack at the right time speeded things up.
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  8. Anne McCaffrey _ The Death of Sleep

    I feel obliged to explain that I thought for quite a few years that I had lost my daughter to pirates during the Phoenix incident," she said. "The first thing anyone knew, the legitimate colony was gone and heavyworlders had moved in. I harbored a very deep resentment that they were living on that bright and shiny new planet while I grieved for my daughter. It's affected my good judgment somewhat ever since." Lunzie swallowed. "I apologize for indulging myself with such a shockingly biased generalization. It's the pirates I should hate, and I do."{...}"But I'm learning. I'm learning. I'm especially learning {...} I'm gradually learning to accept each person as an individual, and not as just a representative of their subgroup or species. Each one is individual to his, her, itself and can't be lumped in with his, her or its peer group.
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  9. Anne McCaffrey _ The Dragonriders of Pern:

    Exchange information, learn to talk sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.
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  10. Anne McCaffrey _ The Dragonriders of Pern:

    Queens can, too, fly," she blurted out, daring him. His grin broadening to suffuse his face, he put his hands on her shoulders and gave her an affectionate shake. "Of course they can fly," he assured her, his voice full of pride and respect. "That's why they have wings!
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  11. Anne McCaffrey _ The Death of Sleep

    Reading has not gone out of fashion in the last number of years, nor in the ones while you slept in the asteroid belt. Your relatives do not wish to expose themselves to deep thought, lest they be affected by it.
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  12. Anne McCaffrey _ Dragonquest

    Your initial mistake, my dear F'lar," and the Harper's voice was at its drollest, "was in providing salvation from the last imminent disaster in a scant three days by bringing up the Five Lost Weyrs. The Lord Holders really expect you to provide a second miracle in similar short order.
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