You don't spend most of your life in other people's heads without losing every prejudice you ever had.
Mercedes LackeyThe hatched chick cannot go back to the shell, the falcon who has found the sky does not willingly sit the nest.
Mercedes LackeyDoctor MacKenzie says "Sometimes I think the Victorians had the right idea. When you lost a family member back then you were suppose to be in full mourning, dress in nothing but black, for a whole year. Then you went into something they called 'half mourning' for another full year, adn during those two years, you were pretty much expected to have emotional breakdowns, you could do it whenever you felt you needed to, and everybody would support you. Now?, A month after a tragedy, maybe two, and you're expected to be all better-or down pills so you can pretend you are.
Mercedes Lackey