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06e32fa	Don't store guilt for future use. Afra		Anne McCaffrey
cd80b2c	The bronze rider of Mnementh, Lord F'lar, will require quarters for himself. I, F'nor, brown rider, prefer to be lodged with the wingmen. We are, in number, twelve." F'lar liked that touch of F'nor's, totting up the wing strength, as if Fax were incapable of counting."		Anne McCaffrey
72983b1	Pick on our clients, will you, you parasitical, piratical, putrefied parcels of puking pus-filled perverts.		Anne McCaffrey
8782f49	Given the infinite variety of human personalities, it was impossible to like everyone.		Anne McCaffrey
414777c	Isn't this planet big enough for differences?		Anne McCaffrey
e5c9480	There were two bronzes, three browns, a blue and two greens.		Anne McCaffrey
cd3c230	Man is wise to fear: it sharpens the sense of self-preservation.		Anne McCaffrey
cd398ef	Ridicule was a better defense than truth.		Anne McCaffrey
4c6c004	When the tiger executes a merger with the goat, which one walks away?		Anne McCaffrey
2b93551	Has been done. Can be done. Must be done...	will	Anne McCaffrey
e8e35f8	It does not matter what the media say, so long as they say something with one's name in it.		Anne McCaffrey
3119372	seed of a syphilitic she-camel,		Anne McCaffrey
5dfa977	Empty the mind of all concerns, see the stone as it is . . . cleansed of associations, wishes, dreams, fantasies, fears.		Anne McCaffrey
bbbfd2b	It's easier to flatter a man than fight him.		Anne McCaffrey
405e9f0	all the time complaining at me that she could have had a career dancing topless at the Orbital Grill and Rendezvous Parlor. Her and her perky breasts. Yasmin, I told her, all the girls have perky breasts in zero-g, you were nothing special, you're lucky a good man took you away from all that.		Anne McCaffrey
3f2bfec	Calum patted her shoulder and prayed to the Gods of Balanced Equations		Anne McCaffrey
7bff062	The important things to remember she remembered, she told herself. The rest was chaff, which time would have winnowed out of active memory anyway.		Anne McCaffrey
06c01d4	The eyes of a vengeful man miss few details he can turn to advantage.		Anne McCaffrey
44170da	Jubal threw his sign down in disgust and stalked away from the group. Sosi ran after him, the clipboard with the soggy petition		Anne McCaffrey
b6b9cb3	She had had to learn that, although it was her nature to seethe, she must seethe discreetly. Unlike the average Pernese, dragonriders were apt to perceive strong emotional auras.		Anne McCaffrey
c4d516e	Lessa lay in the straw of the redolent cheeseroom she shared as sleeping quarters with the other kitchen drudges.		Anne McCaffrey
dd99e5d	In the twenty years since her first voyage, Fleet had not been able to assure the safety of the younger and more remote colonies; as well, planets cleared for colonization by one group were too often found to have someone else--legally now the owners--in place when the colonists		Anne McCaffrey
5a24461	arrived. Although human slavery was technically illegal, colonies were being raided for slaves--and that meant a market somewhere. "Normal" humans blamed heavyworlders; heavyworlders blamed the "lightweights" as they called them, and the wealthy mercantile families of the inner worlds complained bitterly about the cost of supporting an ever-growing Fleet which didn't seem to save either lives or property." --		Anne McCaffrey
e26fd8e	What has to be done can scarcely be termed heroic!" Master"		Anne McCaffrey
9200e9c	Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing.	music	Anne McCaffrey
91a919b	teeth. It was her offering which Aivas was rejecting. 'Of course,' and she brightened, 'we could keep some around to study and learn from, couldn't we?' She saw the horror and disgust of some of her colleagues. 'No, I guess we couldn't. Ah, well, back to microscope. My 98th batch of trials today.		Anne McCaffrey
6c103cc	It became a requirement of those in hazardous professions, or those with highly desirable dominant characteristics of intelligence or physical perfection, to donate sperm and ova to what became known as the Race Conservation Agency.		Anne McCaffrey
bca3513	but she wouldn't have been a Cat Person if she had not.		Anne McCaffrey
139ee7f	Lessa was Ramoth's and Ramoth was hers, mind and heart, irrevocably attuned. Only death could dissolve that incredible bond.		Anne McCaffrey
98405db	La experiencia real es el conocimiento		Anne McCaffrey
1044473	But Lord Raid and Lord Sifer had an unpleasant habit of reminding Benden Weyr riders of their loyalty at every opportunity. Gratitude is an ill-fitting tunic that can chafe and smell if worn too long. Lord		Anne McCaffrey
8e2359c	Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star passes.		Anne McCaffrey
6b8b858	what we call a chaotic system--meaning that its adjacent solutions diverge exponentially in time.		Anne McCaffrey
4276bb7	The AI told her not long ago that her "Why?" period might have been the shortest on record - because Mum and Dad answered every "Why?" in detail AND made sure she understood, so she wouldn't ask that particular "Why?" again. After a month "Why?" wasn't fun anymore, and she went on to other things."	toddler why	Anne McCaffrey
5dbf18e	Lamoth dies. In shame.		Anne McCaffrey
ca21b2a	I like opera just fine; it's people I wanted to get away from." As"		Anne McCaffrey
56010a4	chuckled, referring to the time Markel had used up sixty percent of the system's resources to simulate a series of space battles in real time for one of his war games. Markel flushed.		Anne McCaffrey
02e9dd0	Timeon had quite possibly been traveling a long time, Mearme thought with no compassion.		Anne McCaffrey
62ff177	It is the voice we communicate with, the voice which utters the words we seek to impress on men's minds, the voice which evokes emotional response; tears, laughter, sense. Your voice is the most important, most complex, most amazing instrument of all.		Anne McCaffrey
af185b7	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."		Anne McCaffrey
bca19fe	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.	reading critical-thinking thought	Anne McCaffrey
03804a3	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!"		Anne McCaffrey
0c92d50	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.		Anne McCaffrey
1d2c8ef	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 ..	racism generalization	Anne McCaffrey

Don't store guilt for future use. Afra

Anne McCaffrey

cd80b2c

The bronze rider of Mnementh, Lord F'lar, will require quarters for himself. I, F'nor, brown rider, prefer to be lodged with the wingmen. We are, in number, twelve." F'lar liked that touch of F'nor's, totting up the wing strength, as if Fax were incapable of counting."

Anne McCaffrey

72983b1

Pick on our clients, will you, you parasitical, piratical, putrefied parcels of puking pus-filled perverts.

Anne McCaffrey

8782f49

Given the infinite variety of human personalities, it was impossible to like everyone.

Anne McCaffrey

414777c

Isn't this planet big enough for differences?

Anne McCaffrey

e5c9480

There were two bronzes, three browns, a blue and two greens.

Anne McCaffrey

cd3c230

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

Anne McCaffrey

cd398ef

Ridicule was a better defense than truth.

Anne McCaffrey

4c6c004

When the tiger executes a merger with the goat, which one walks away?

Anne McCaffrey

2b93551

Has been done. Can be done. Must be done...

will

Anne McCaffrey

e8e35f8

It does not matter what the media say, so long as they say something with one's name in it.

Anne McCaffrey

3119372

seed of a syphilitic she-camel,

Anne McCaffrey

5dfa977

Empty the mind of all concerns, see the stone as it is . . . cleansed of associations, wishes, dreams, fantasies, fears.

Anne McCaffrey

bbbfd2b

It's easier to flatter a man than fight him.

Anne McCaffrey

405e9f0

all the time complaining at me that she could have had a career dancing topless at the Orbital Grill and Rendezvous Parlor. Her and her perky breasts. Yasmin, I told her, all the girls have perky breasts in zero-g, you were nothing special, you're lucky a good man took you away from all that.

Anne McCaffrey

3f2bfec

Calum patted her shoulder and prayed to the Gods of Balanced Equations

Anne McCaffrey

7bff062

The important things to remember she remembered, she told herself. The rest was chaff, which time would have winnowed out of active memory anyway.

Anne McCaffrey

06c01d4

The eyes of a vengeful man miss few details he can turn to advantage.

Anne McCaffrey

44170da

Jubal threw his sign down in disgust and stalked away from the group. Sosi ran after him, the clipboard with the soggy petition

Anne McCaffrey

b6b9cb3

She had had to learn that, although it was her nature to seethe, she must seethe discreetly. Unlike the average Pernese, dragonriders were apt to perceive strong emotional auras.

Anne McCaffrey

c4d516e

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

Anne McCaffrey

dd99e5d

In the twenty years since her first voyage, Fleet had not been able to assure the safety of the younger and more remote colonies; as well, planets cleared for colonization by one group were too often found to have someone else--legally now the owners--in place when the colonists

Anne McCaffrey

5a24461

arrived. Although human slavery was technically illegal, colonies were being raided for slaves--and that meant a market somewhere. "Normal" humans blamed heavyworlders; heavyworlders blamed the "lightweights" as they called them, and the wealthy mercantile families of the inner worlds complained bitterly about the cost of supporting an ever-growing Fleet which didn't seem to save either lives or property." --

Anne McCaffrey

e26fd8e

What has to be done can scarcely be termed heroic!" Master"

Anne McCaffrey

9200e9c

Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing.

music

Anne McCaffrey

91a919b

teeth. It was her offering which Aivas was rejecting. 'Of course,' and she brightened, 'we could keep some around to study and learn from, couldn't we?' She saw the horror and disgust of some of her colleagues. 'No, I guess we couldn't. Ah, well, back to microscope. My 98th batch of trials today.

Anne McCaffrey

6c103cc

It became a requirement of those in hazardous professions, or those with highly desirable dominant characteristics of intelligence or physical perfection, to donate sperm and ova to what became known as the Race Conservation Agency.

Anne McCaffrey

bca3513

but she wouldn't have been a Cat Person if she had not.

Anne McCaffrey

139ee7f

Lessa was Ramoth's and Ramoth was hers, mind and heart, irrevocably attuned. Only death could dissolve that incredible bond.

Anne McCaffrey

98405db

La experiencia real es el conocimiento

Anne McCaffrey

1044473

But Lord Raid and Lord Sifer had an unpleasant habit of reminding Benden Weyr riders of their loyalty at every opportunity. Gratitude is an ill-fitting tunic that can chafe and smell if worn too long. Lord

Anne McCaffrey

8e2359c

Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star passes.

Anne McCaffrey

6b8b858

what we call a chaotic system--meaning that its adjacent solutions diverge exponentially in time.

Anne McCaffrey

4276bb7

The AI told her not long ago that her "Why?" period might have been the shortest on record - because Mum and Dad answered every "Why?" in detail AND made sure she understood, so she wouldn't ask that particular "Why?" again. After a month "Why?" wasn't fun anymore, and she went on to other things."

toddler why

Anne McCaffrey

5dbf18e

Lamoth dies. In shame.

Anne McCaffrey

ca21b2a

I like opera just fine; it's people I wanted to get away from." As"

Anne McCaffrey

56010a4

chuckled, referring to the time Markel had used up sixty percent of the system's resources to simulate a series of space battles in real time for one of his war games. Markel flushed.

Anne McCaffrey

02e9dd0

Timeon had quite possibly been traveling a long time, Mearme thought with no compassion.

Anne McCaffrey

62ff177

It is the voice we communicate with, the voice which utters the words we seek to impress on men's minds, the voice which evokes emotional response; tears, laughter, sense. Your voice is the most important, most complex, most amazing instrument of all.

Anne McCaffrey

af185b7

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."

Anne McCaffrey

bca19fe

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.

reading critical-thinking thought

Anne McCaffrey

03804a3

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!"

Anne McCaffrey

0c92d50

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.

Anne McCaffrey

1d2c8ef

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 ..

racism generalization

Anne McCaffrey