Mister Cameron - I have read the unexpurgated Ovid, the love poems of Sappho, the Decameron in the original, and a great many texts in Greek and Latin histories that were not though fit for proper gentlemen to read, much less proper ladies. I know in precise detail what Caligula did to, and with, his sisters, and I can quote it to you in Latin or in my own translation if you wish. I am interested in historical truth, and truth in history is often unpleasant and distasteful to those of fine sensibility. I frankly doubt that you will produce anything to shock me.
Mercedes LackeySympathy can be addictive and can kill strong men as surely as a diet of nothing but sugar.
Mercedes LackeyInexperience can be overcome, ignorance can be enlightened, but prejudice will destroy you.
Mercedes LackeyThree things never anger or you'll not live for long; A wolf with cubs, A man with power, And a woman's sense of wrong.
Mercedes LackeyThere will always be bad times... It's the getting back up again that counts." - Gallen in "Intrigues
Mercedes LackeyAlthough you feel relief now, this is likely to be the source of many sleepless nights for you. You will lie awake, look upon your heart, and find it unlovely. You will be certain that (...) you are the greatest of monsters. This is a good thing; although you may forgive yourself, you must never come to think that your actions were in any way justifiable. But- (...) Being a sane, honorable human being is not always comfortable.
Mercedes Lackey