18 Quotes & Sayings By Anne Mccaffrey

Anne McCaffrey, author of the Dragonriders of Pern series, was born in 1926 in New Mexico. She received a B.A. from the University of New Mexico and an M.A. from Stanford University Read more

In 1963 she won a Hugo Award for best short-story writer in a tie with Robert Silverberg and in 1967, she won a Nebula Award for best short story in a tie with Roger Zelazny. Anne McCaffrey was chosen over Isaac Asimov and Arthur C. Clarke to be one of four recipients of the Damon Knight Memorial Grand Master Award for science fiction writing by the Science Fiction Writers of America in 1996.

In addition to her literary career, Ms McCaffrey is an accomplished painter and sculptor.

A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are...
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A real scientist solves problems, not wails that they are unsolvable. Anne McCaffrey
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My nightly craft is winged in white, a dragon of night dark sea. Swift born, dream bound and rudderless, her captain and crew are me. We've sailed a hundred sleeping tides where no seaman's ever been And only my white-winged craft and I know the wonders we have seen. Anne McCaffrey
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Children's voices - even those who couldn't carry the tune - are always appealing. Anne McCaffrey
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Speak hard, steal the air. Anne McCaffrey
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Step by step Moment by moment We live through Another day Anne McCaffrey
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There's something wrong in not appreciating one's own special abilities, my girl. Find your own limitations, yes, but don't limit yourself with false modesty. Anne McCaffrey
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Harper, treat your words with care For they may cause joy or despair Sing your songs of health and love Of dragons flaming from above Anne McCaffrey
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The tears I feel today I'll wait to shed tomorrow. Though I'll not sleep this night Nor find surcease from sorrow. My eyes must keep their sight: I dare not be tear-blinded. I must be free to talk Not choked with grief, clear-minded. My mouth cannot betray The anguish that I know. Yes, I'll keep my tears til later: But my grief will never go. Anne McCaffrey
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All the time complaining at me that she could have had a career dancing topless at the Orbital Grill and Rendezvous Parlor. Her and her perky breasts. Yasmin, I told her, all the girls have perky breasts in zero-g, you were nothing special, you’re lucky a good man took you away from all that. Anne McCaffrey
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The AI told her not long ago that her "Why?" period might have been the shortest on record - because Mum and Dad answered every "Why?" in detail AND made sure she understood, so she wouldn't ask that particular "Why?" again. After a month "Why?" wasn't fun anymore, and she went on to other things. Anne McCaffrey
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Fight only in direst need Not for lust or petty greed Honor those that do give birth Respect them well for their full worth Anne McCaffrey
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It is time to end a story that began in sorrow and ordeal and has ended in a deep and lasting happiness. May it be so for others. Anne McCaffrey
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Harper to your word be true Holder, crafter you also hew To honesty, integrity, and respect All others without regard to intellect Anne McCaffrey
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Dragon kind was no less cruel than mankind. The Dragon, at least, acted from bestial need rather than bestial greed.”~ A thought by Lessa ~ Anne McCaffrey
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To cry was to release all sorts of ugly little pressures and tensions. Like waking out of a long, dark dream to a sun-filled day. Anne McCaffrey
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Above us, outlined against the brilliant sky, dragons crowded every available perching space on the Rim. And the sun made a gold of every one of them. Anne McCaffrey
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If Jana had been given to putting her thoughts into words, she might have told Laxmi that without someone to love, there was no reason to live. Anne McCaffrey