"A good story is a good story no matter who wrote it."
— Anne McCaffrey

"Who wills, Can.
Who tries, Does.
Who loves, Lives."
— Anne McCaffrey

"The tears I feel today
I'll wait to shed tomorrow.
Though I'll not sleep this night
Nor find surcease from sorrow.
My eyes must keep their sight:
I dare not be tear-blinded.
I must be free to talk
Not choked with grief, clear-minded.
My mouth cannot betray
The anguish that I know.
Yes, I'll keep my tears til later:
But my grief will never go."
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsinger)

"Don't leave me alone!
A cry in the night,
OF anguish heart-stiking,
Of soul-killing fright.

Live for my living
Or else I must die
Don't leave me alone.
A world heard that cry."
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsinger)

"Make no judgments where you have no compassion."
— Anne McCaffrey

"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)

"Drummer, beat, and piper, blow
Harper, strike, and soldier, go
Free the flame and sear the grasses
Til the dawning Red Star passes"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsong)

"Step by step
Moment by moment
We live through
Another day"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Harper)

"Oh, Tongue, give sound to joy and sing
Of hope and promise on dragonwing"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsong)

"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)

"Who wills,
Can.
Who tries,
Does.
Who lves,
Lives."
— Anne McCaffrey

"be you and not someone else"
— Anne McCaffrey

"Necessity breeds solution."
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsinger)

"Maybes never are."
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsong)

"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)

"My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea.
Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me.
We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever been
And only my white-winged craft and I know the wonders we have seen."
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragonsong)

"Harper, treat your words with care
For they may cause joy or despair
Sing your songs of health and love
Of dragons flaming from above"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Harper)

"Harper to your word be true
Holder, crafter you also hew
To honesty, integrity, and respect
All others without regard to intellect"
— Anne McCaffrey (Dragon Harper)

"A true scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable."
— Anne McCaffrey (Acorna: The Unicorn Girl)

""A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable.""
— Anne McCaffrey (Acorna: The Unicorn Girl)