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Anne McCaffrey
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“Who wills, Can. Who tries, Does. Who loves, Lives.”
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dragonrider", published in Analog (January 1968), p. 148; also in Dragonsong, (1976) Ch. 7, p. 89
“Drummer, beat, and piper, blow, Harper, strike, and soldier, go. Free the flame and sear the grasses Till the dawning Red Star passes.”
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) first seen 1968 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Dragonrider", in Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact (January 1968), p. 157
“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 (1926–2011) first seen 1978 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The White Dragon (1978)
“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.”
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) first seen 1983 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: (1983)
“Mostly I'm telling people that they don't have to be victims. They can be survivors but I don't as a rule put "messages" in my writing.”
Anne McCaffrey (1926–2011) first seen 2004 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Response to the question "What do you hope to give readers through your work?", in "An Interview With Anne McCaffrey" by Lynne Jamneck, at Writing World (2004)