Die besten Zitate der Welt!

(Meli, are you sure these "humans" are on our side?)

(No ... but at least they are not Khieevi.)

(That is beginning to seem less and less of a recommendation. Like us in form, perhaps, but hardly in ethics.)

(That may not be entirely a bad thing. If they meet their friends with weapons in both hands, what do you suppose they do to their enemies?)

Anne McCaffrey

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Exchange information, learn to speak sensibly about any subject, learn to express your thoughts, accept new ones, examine them, analyze. Think objectively. Think toward the future.

Anne McCaffrey

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Look around you, Lessa of Pern, look around the Weyr with unveiled eyes. Old and hallowed is the Weyr? Yes, but shabby and worn – and disregarded. Yes, you were elated to sit in the Weyrwoman’s great chair at the Council Table, but the padding is thin and the fabric dusty. Humbled to think your hands rest where Moreta’s and Torene’s had rested? Well, the stone is ingrained with dirt and needs a good scrubbing. And your rump may rest where theirs did – but that’s not where you have your brains.

Anne McCaffrey

Stichwörter: dragonflight lessa

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He is crooked enough to hide behind a spiral staircase.

Anne McCaffrey

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How much can a dragon carry?
As much as it thinks it can

Anne McCaffrey

Stichwörter: the-white-dragon dragon-riders-of-pern

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It isn't often one gets the chance to entertain one's great-great-great-grandmother. Sassinak.

Anne McCaffrey