The Oathbound Quotes

“Do you know the kind of things that live up there?...things without names 'cause no one who's seen 'em has lived long enough to give them any name besides 'AAAARG!”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“Kethry had once described summoning as being “like balancing on a rooftree while screaming an epic poem in a foreign language at the top of your lungs.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“And the nightmare-monster of her childhood revealed itself to be a thing of old clothes stuffed with straw.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“She would never truly be her own woman if she allowed fear and old memories to dictate where she would or would not go.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“And in Magic, belief is the most important component”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“Three things trust and cherish well— The horse on which you ride, The beast that guards and watches And your sister at your side!”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound

“You are not the only female hire-swords I have dealt with,” he replied. “Many of my trade allies have them as personal retainers. It has often seemed to me that many of those I met have had to be twice as skilled as their male counterparts to receive half the credit.”
― Mercedes Lackey, The Oathbound