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780c3a4	Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.	ignorance inexperience mercedes-lackey prejudice	Mercedes Lackey
2174b5d	"But--" she tried not to wail, but her voice crept upward, anyway "--I want to go HOME--" "And I want a palace and a handsome, young prince who has an unnatural lust for old women, and neither of us are going to get what we crave, so let's concentrate on what we can do something about!" Granny said sharply."	bella granny humor mercedes-lackey	Mercedes Lackey
0bb1085	Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.	dragons gossip humor jamese-mallory location-6262 mercedes-lackey page-344 the-phoenix-unchained	Mercedes Lackey
60719c6	We all know what we should have done as we look backward. Yet looking backward further still, we may say that all goes as the Wild Magic wills. And we must look forward if we are to live long enough to look backward.	dragon james-mallory location-7374 mercedes-lackey page-324 the-phoenix-transformed time	Mercedes Lackey
23e11cd	"Sebastian looked alarmed at her stiffness, but Eric took it in and chuckled. "Riding astride would have been easier," he said. "You put twice the strain on yourself with that unnatural position." "Oh, I know," she replied with a grimace. "Every muscle told me about it this morning, and I actually DID have a hot soak before I went to bed." Sebastian looked blankly at the two of them for a moment, then blinked and looked relieved. "Oh, you're saddle sore! I'm sorry--"	bella eric five-hundred-kingdoms humor mercedes-lackey sebastian	Mercedes Lackey
a9e082c	"Every time people give me presents, it just makes trouble." He thought of his Naming Day party, and the gift from his Uncle Alfrin that had actually started all this. "Especially if it's books. Someone gave me a book as a present once." "Then you'll know exactly what to do with these. Come on. Don't be shy. You'll hurt my feelings."	character-kareta james-mallory knight-mage location-7213 mercedes-lackey page-396 the-phoenix-unchained unicorn wild-magic	Mercedes Lackey
5aae7dc	Well, we could have just given him a horse and sent him on his way, but... Ancaladar ate the horse.	character-harrier character-kareta dragons james-mallory location-2757 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered	Mercedes Lackey
7e00cb3	"And don't even suggest that these would be better off in Tiercel's hands. No, Tiercel has other things to do with his life. You, on the other hand, get to protect him. And guess what that makes you?" "Stupid?" Harrier suggested. "Suicidal?" "A Knight-Mage!" the unicorn cried cheerfully."	charcter-harrier james-mallory knight-mage location-7260 mercedes-lackey page-398 the-phoenix-unchained	Mercedes Lackey
3326cbd	The idea that they were going to have to-eventually-go someplace that was even hotter than this was now was worrying Harrier, but there wasn't much he could do about it at the moment. He couldn't imagine why anybody would want to live here if they had a choice. Sometimes, he thought, people were idiots.	james-mallory location-3101 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered weather	Mercedes Lackey
17bca23	Yeah, and if I have to choose between being eaten by the Endarkened and telling my Da I'm a Wildmage, I'm not sure which I'd pick.	humor james-mallory location-3547 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered wildmage	Mercedes Lackey
9c9a654	"It is the way in which the Dark returns, Harrier. I will explain, if you like." "Oh, no," Harrier said. "I'd much rather not know a thing about what we're facing. Let me get dressed first." A few minutes later Harrier came back, dressed for the day. He made another cup of hot cordial for Tiercel, refilled the kettle and started the water brewing for tea, and set some dried fruit to soak for griddle-cakes. "Okay. Now. Ruin my day," he invited."	character-tiercel humor james-mallory mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered	Mercedes Lackey
3c609f0	"I'd been going to study Pre-Flowering History," Tiercel offered. "Now you're living it," Kave said."	character-tiercel james-mallory living-history location-10055 mercedes-lackey page-438 study the-phoenix-transformed	Mercedes Lackey
7566764	"You have a long history," he said, when Lanya indicated her story was finished. "Ah, Harrier, were I to tell you a long story, we should be here for a sennight, perhaps more. Long stories are best saved for deep winter, when the days are short and time grows heavy." Lanya glanced at the sky."	character-lanya elves james-mallory location-1558 mercedes-lackey stories the-phoenix-endangered weather	Mercedes Lackey
5de6ab0	That's how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks.	mercedes-lackey mercenaries	Mercedes Lackey
565b517	There were times that Tiercel thought that the Wild Magic had a far greater sense of humor than the Light-Priests had ever spoken of, considering that to help him oppose the forces of Darkness, it had made Harrier Gillain a Wildmage.	character-tiercel james-mallory location-6246 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered wildmage	Mercedes Lackey
5a0d599	So, that's okay. It's not like you're turning into an Endarkened or something, like Kellen's evil stepbrother Anigrel the Black.	character-tiercel humor inside-joke james-mallory location-2115 mercedes-lackey page-120 the-phoenix-unchained	Mercedes Lackey

Inexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.

ignorance inexperience mercedes-lackey prejudice

Mercedes Lackey

2174b5d

"But--" she tried not to wail, but her voice crept upward, anyway "--I want to go HOME--" "And I want a palace and a handsome, young prince who has an unnatural lust for old women, and neither of us are going to get what we crave, so let's concentrate on what we can do something about!" Granny said sharply."

bella granny humor mercedes-lackey

Mercedes Lackey

0bb1085

Among the dragons, the prohibition against asking direct questions did not exist, and-as Harrier discovered immediately-dragons were even more outrageous gossips than sailors.

dragons gossip humor jamese-mallory location-6262 mercedes-lackey page-344 the-phoenix-unchained

Mercedes Lackey

60719c6

We all know what we should have done as we look backward. Yet looking backward further still, we may say that all goes as the Wild Magic wills. And we must look forward if we are to live long enough to look backward.

dragon james-mallory location-7374 mercedes-lackey page-324 the-phoenix-transformed time

Mercedes Lackey

23e11cd

"Sebastian looked alarmed at her stiffness, but Eric took it in and chuckled. "Riding astride would have been easier," he said. "You put twice the strain on yourself with that unnatural position." "Oh, I know," she replied with a grimace. "Every muscle told me about it this morning, and I actually DID have a hot soak before I went to bed." Sebastian looked blankly at the two of them for a moment, then blinked and looked relieved. "Oh, you're saddle sore! I'm sorry--"

bella eric five-hundred-kingdoms humor mercedes-lackey sebastian

Mercedes Lackey

a9e082c

"Every time people give me presents, it just makes trouble." He thought of his Naming Day party, and the gift from his Uncle Alfrin that had actually started all this. "Especially if it's books. Someone gave me a book as a present once." "Then you'll know exactly what to do with these. Come on. Don't be shy. You'll hurt my feelings."

character-kareta james-mallory knight-mage location-7213 mercedes-lackey page-396 the-phoenix-unchained unicorn wild-magic

Mercedes Lackey

5aae7dc

Well, we could have just given him a horse and sent him on his way, but... Ancaladar ate the horse.

character-harrier character-kareta dragons james-mallory location-2757 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered

Mercedes Lackey

7e00cb3

"And don't even suggest that these would be better off in Tiercel's hands. No, Tiercel has other things to do with his life. You, on the other hand, get to protect him. And guess what that makes you?" "Stupid?" Harrier suggested. "Suicidal?" "A Knight-Mage!" the unicorn cried cheerfully."

charcter-harrier james-mallory knight-mage location-7260 mercedes-lackey page-398 the-phoenix-unchained

Mercedes Lackey

3326cbd

The idea that they were going to have to-eventually-go someplace that was even hotter than this was now was worrying Harrier, but there wasn't much he could do about it at the moment. He couldn't imagine why anybody would want to live here if they had a choice. Sometimes, he thought, people were idiots.

james-mallory location-3101 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered weather

Mercedes Lackey

17bca23

Yeah, and if I have to choose between being eaten by the Endarkened and telling my Da I'm a Wildmage, I'm not sure which I'd pick.

humor james-mallory location-3547 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered wildmage

Mercedes Lackey

9c9a654

"It is the way in which the Dark returns, Harrier. I will explain, if you like." "Oh, no," Harrier said. "I'd much rather not know a thing about what we're facing. Let me get dressed first." A few minutes later Harrier came back, dressed for the day. He made another cup of hot cordial for Tiercel, refilled the kettle and started the water brewing for tea, and set some dried fruit to soak for griddle-cakes. "Okay. Now. Ruin my day," he invited."

character-tiercel humor james-mallory mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered

Mercedes Lackey

3c609f0

"I'd been going to study Pre-Flowering History," Tiercel offered. "Now you're living it," Kave said."

character-tiercel james-mallory living-history location-10055 mercedes-lackey page-438 study the-phoenix-transformed

Mercedes Lackey

7566764

"You have a long history," he said, when Lanya indicated her story was finished. "Ah, Harrier, were I to tell you a long story, we should be here for a sennight, perhaps more. Long stories are best saved for deep winter, when the days are short and time grows heavy." Lanya glanced at the sky."

character-lanya elves james-mallory location-1558 mercedes-lackey stories the-phoenix-endangered weather

Mercedes Lackey

5de6ab0

That's how you tell a merc is dead; he just stops collecting paychecks.

mercedes-lackey mercenaries

Mercedes Lackey

565b517

There were times that Tiercel thought that the Wild Magic had a far greater sense of humor than the Light-Priests had ever spoken of, considering that to help him oppose the forces of Darkness, it had made Harrier Gillain a Wildmage.

character-tiercel james-mallory location-6246 mercedes-lackey the-phoenix-endangered wildmage

Mercedes Lackey

5a0d599

So, that's okay. It's not like you're turning into an Endarkened or something, like Kellen's evil stepbrother Anigrel the Black.

character-tiercel humor inside-joke james-mallory location-2115 mercedes-lackey page-120 the-phoenix-unchained

Mercedes Lackey