... sometimes good people [are] helpless... terrible things happen... to good people... there [are] sad endings as well as happy ones.
Mercedes LackeyNevertheless, now that I have met you, I know that all that I am, and all that I have, could not match what you are worth.
Mercedes LackeyHonor was never taking the easy way when it was also the wrong one. Never telling a falsehood unless the truth was painful and unnecessary, or a lie was necessary to save others. Never manipulating the truth to serve only yourself. Protecting the weak and helpless; standing fast even when fear made you weak. Keeping your word.
Mercedes Lackey