“When bad fortune occurs, the unresourceful, unimaginative man looks about him to attach the blame to someone else; the resolute accepts misfortune and endeavors to survive, mature, and improve because of it.”
― Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
― Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern
“Because hope is a knife that can cut through the foundations of the world," said Sumi. Her voice was suddenly crystalline and clear, with none of her prior whimsy. She looked at Nancy with calm, steady eyes. "Hope hurts. That's what you need to learn, and fast, if you don't want it to cut you open from the inside out. Hope is bad. Hope means you keep on holding to things that won't ever be so again, and so you bleed an inch at a time until there's nothing left. Ely-Eleanor is always saying 'don't use this word' and 'don't use that word,' but she never bans the ones that really bad. She never bans hope.”
― Every Heart a Doorway
― Every Heart a Doorway
“Turning oneself to the misfortunes of others is the best way to dispense with personal troubles. Hadn’t Lord Byron himself said, “The busy have no time for tears”?”
― Lilac Girls
― Lilac Girls
“Charity ain’t giving people what you wants to give, it’s giving people what they need to get.”
― Hogfather
― Hogfather
“We all belong to ourselves, until we have children. Then our children lease us for as long as they want.”
― Capture
― Capture
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