"If only. Those must be the two saddest words in the world."

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Source : Mercedes Lackey (2004). “Exile's Valor”, p.106, Penguin

Mercedes Lackey

#Love Quotes #Regret Quotes #Sadness Quotes

“I've figured out what to do so far, but it's always the next thing you come to where the man with the bucket of ice cold water is waiting - whoosh! in your face. That's why you work with directors who know what to tell you to do.”
“It must be splendid to command millions of people in great national ventures, to lead a hundred thousand to victory in battle. But it seems to me greater still to discover fundamental truths in a very modest room with very modest means - truths that will still be foundations of human knowledge when the memory of these battles is painstakingly preserved only in the archives of the historian.”
“All over the world kids and women [are] getting killed right now over beliefs, this is silly to get angry over. If it bothers you just donâ€™t attend Iâ€™m down for anything positive but this doesnâ€™t affect our parties too much. Iâ€™m not the promoter, I actually had nothing to do with the rules being implemented, but I do agree with my team. And cause of who I am, Iâ€™m the de facto speaker. I have thick skin so u guys that consider yourself PLUR can attack me all you want it doesnâ€™t bother me. Iâ€™m just here for the music.”
“Most young dealers of the Silicon Chip Era regard a reference library as merely a waste of space. Old Timers on the West Coast seem to retain a fondness for reference books that goes beyond the practical. Everything there is to know about a given volume may be only a click away, but there are still a few of us who'd rather have the book than the click. A bookman's love of books is a love of books, not merely of the information in them.”
“I hope there is nothing about me that people have a big problem with. You know, I like to think of myself as lovable.”
“A balanced life is like a three legged stool. Each leg - nutrition, fitness and wellness- is necessary and supports the other.”
“With fame, I'm able to create more. With every success, you have more freedom to create.”

Source : "New Again: Cyndi Lauper". Interview with Gael Love and Glenn O’Brien, www.interviewmagazine.com. June 4, 2013.
“If you don't have a vision for the future, then your future is threatened to be a repeat of the past.”

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