Hannah Reed > Hannah's Quotes

“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Fellowship of the Ring

“It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings

“Still round the corner there may wait
A new road or a secret gate
And though I oft have passed them by
A day will come at last when I
Shall take the hidden paths that run
West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien

“Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“Make no judgments where you have no compassion.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Nerilka's Story

“Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragon Harper

“Necessity breeds solution.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragonsinger

“The little queen all golden
Flew hissing at the sea.
To stop each wave
Her clutch to save
She ventured bravely.

As she attacked the sea in rage
A holderman came nigh
Along the sand
Fishnet in hand
And saw the queen midsky.

He stared at her in wonder
For often he'd been told
That such as she
Could never be
Who hovered there, bright gold.

He saw her plight and quickly
He looked up the cliff he faced
And saw a cave
Above the wave
In which her eggs he placed.

The little queen all golden
Upon his shoulder stood
Her eyes all blue
Glowed of her true
Undying gratitude.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragonsinger

“Harper, your song has a sorrowful sound,
Though the tune was written as gay.
Your voice is sad and your hands are slow
And your eye meeting mine turns away.”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragonsong

“The blackest night must end in dawn, the light dispel the dreamer's fear.”
― Anne McCaffrey

“Fight only in direst need
Not for lust or petty greed
Honor those that do give birth
Respect them well for their full worth”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragon Harper

“Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”
~ A thought by Lessa ~”
― Anne McCaffrey, Dragonflight