Into the West Quotes

“She told herself not to get her hopes up too much. These people might live in caves or trees or something.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“The malignancy of divisiveness, given the chance to creep deeper, would rot us. You need to truly consider that your neighbor's beliefs are as valid as yours and not disparage or impair those beliefs.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“This is the real life of adventure: it always ends up as cold, mud, or bugs. Usually all three.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“An infatuation that runs deep enough can render somebody useless, and make everyone around them miserable. I am not sure you realized that with you there to think about, she wasn’t thinking about much of anything else.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“Rage, hate, and fear can smash through any defense made of rock and wood, and can cause a people to unknowingly give themselves freely to the very ones who have secretly terrorized them. The only times it fails in all of known history is when people have more understanding of each other than the hatemongers can defeat, and the education to recognize deceit. It can be stopped when it’s small, and it’s detected by listening closely to people’s problems.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“The people as our art’ means our societies become what we make them—we, specifically, who are in a position of senior power. ‘Our art’ means specifically us, without any Council. That’s all about declaring who is in control here, and it’s us two. He recognizes that we have something in common in workable diplomacy— All negotiation eventually comes down to two people.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“I think everyone speaks enough dog for both parties to understand each other—dogs speak ‘honesty,”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“Sometimes, explosives are the best way to show you care.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“About your beliefs. If you want to make a nod to a god when it occurs to you, or wear your faith’s symbols and colors, or wear a sieve on your head and chant at a chicken if you feel like it, go ahead. Just support each other. I don’t ask you to like everyone you encounter on this journey, but I demand that you treat them with respect. Anyone who disparages you for following this rule is going to answer to me.” He made a fist with his right hand, and Delia wondered if that was the same fist that he beat the criminal with. “I hope that’s clear.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“And that just made Kordas feel worse. This sort of inconvenience? Life-threatening assault, incomprehensible agony, and still they try to be positive. May I show that kind of bravery on my darkest days.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“He was vaguely aware that his hand was going to hurt like bloodygthat would be later.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“Uhhherrr,” it said. “Aahherrr. Saaa. Saaaveerr. Saver.” “Saver?” he replied, confounded. “Yessssssss.” It paused. “Mamaaa saaaaaay. Thaaaank. Thank Saver.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“a very complicated board game that used miniatures, stacks of books, and strange dice,”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“Landwise,”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“inbred”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“five hundred”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“So we have talking cats now? Of course we have talking cats. We’re lucky we don’t have talking horses, with what we’ve put them all through. I should just be grateful that they aren’t dictating orders.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“The bowl was always warm, and Sydney liked to sleep in it. Occasionally, since it was old, the thing would come on by itself for a moment using whatever residual magic was nearby, and the entire camp would get a fine view of Sydney licking his balls until someone noticed and shut the telcaster off.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West

“Uppercuts always work. They’re so satisfying, too.”
― Mercedes Lackey, Into the West