A man didn’t specialize in mathematics because he had a rare talent for human relationships.
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...
Rider to your mate be trueFollow heart in deed and doAll the best your strength can findSo you will rest in heart and mind
Jubal threw his sign down in disgust and stalked away from the group. Sosi ran after him, the clipboard with the soggy petition
I also don't have organized religion on Pern. I figured - since there were four holy wars going on at the time of writing - that religion was one problem Pern didn't need.
What we call a chaotic system—meaning that its adjacent solutions diverge exponentially in time.
Queens can, too, fly, she blurted out, daring him. His grin broadening to suffuse his face, he put his hands on her shoulders and gave her an affectionate shake. Of course they can fly, he assured her...
Living was struggling to do something impossible - to succeed, or die, knowing you had tried!
Isn't this planet big enough for differences?
You idiot! You misbegotten son of a jinn’s meeting with a jackass, may the grave of your maternal grandmother be defiled by the dung of ten thousand syphilitic she-camels!
There wasn’t a man alive in Pern who hadn’t secretly cherished the notion that he might be able to Impress a dragon. That he could be linked for life to the love and sustaining admiration of these gen...
The tears I feel todayI'll wait to shed tomorrow.Though I'll not sleep this nightNor find surcease from sorrow.My eyes must keep their sight:I dare not be tear-blinded.I must be free to talkNot choked...
Ridicule was a better defense than truth.
It’s easier to flatter a man than fight him.
In the twenty years since her first voyage, Fleet had not been able to assure the safety of the younger and more remote colonies; as well, planets cleared for colonization by one group were too often...
If Man was the highest achievement of Nature's grand design, then Nature had a sense of humor. Whereas
Empty the mind of all concerns, see the stone as it is . . . cleansed of associations, wishes, dreams, fantasies, fears.
What I used to do between writing fits was feed my kids, ride my horse and go shopping for cat and dog food.
What has to be done can scarcely be termed heroic! Master
To everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under heaven,