<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[&#039;Homecoming&#039; Blog]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[sueannbowlingauthor]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://homecomingbook.wordpress.com/author/sueannbowlingauthor/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Quotes from Mercedes&nbsp;Lackey]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>Here are the contexts of the quotes tweeted from September 11 through September 17, 2014. The first six are from <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10081055-beauty-and-the-werewolf" target="_blank"><em>Beauty and the Werewolf</em></a>, by Mercedes Lackey.</p>
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<p>“It’s not just what you are good with. It’s what you’re good <em>at</em>.”  Sebastian to Bella, when suggesting she might be a better sorceress than a witch.</p>
<p>“A whistling girl and a crowing hen always come to some bad end.”  The housekeeper’s admonition when she used to catch Bella whistling.</p>
<p>“A whistling girl and a wise old sheep are two of the best things a farmer can keep.”  Bella’s retort to the housekeeper.</p>
<p>“War is never good for trade.”  Bella remembering her father when a war seems imminent. The arms trade is an unfortunate exception.</p>
<p>“Curses don’t die with their maker.”  The magical distinction between a spell and a curse.</p>
<p>&#8220;As long as there was a chance I could help you by staying with you, that&#8217;s what I had to do.&#8221; Sue Ann Bowling, <em><a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12177953-tourist-trap" target="_blank">Tourist Trap</a>. </em>Roi&#8217;s statement to Penny when she wonders why he didn&#8217;t save himself by teleporting away from the sailboat in the squall.</p>
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