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We know how it ends practically before it starts. That's why stories appeal to us. They give us the clarity and simplicity our real lives lack.

Anne Bishop

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Anne Bishop
Age: 54
Novelist
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the United States of America
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When honor and the Law no longer stand on the same side of the line, how do we choose[?]
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Let your heart travel lightly. Because what you bring with you becomes part of the landscape.
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When a man wears his pants that tight, they tend to pinch his balls, and that tends to pinch his temper.
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It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always.
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Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.
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Vlad hated doing the paperwork as much as he did when a human employee quit, which was why they'd both made a promise not to eat quitters just to avoid the paperwork. As Tess had pointed out, eating the staff was bad for marale and made it so much harder to find new employees.
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Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it. - Daemon
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We are what we are. Nothing more, nothing less. There is good and evil among every kind of people. It's the evil among us who rule now.
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Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.
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I can heal the scars on your body, but I can’t heal the scars of the soul. Not yours, not mine. You have to learn to live with them. You have to choose to live beyond them
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Okay. I picked up a movie to watch tonight. You can watch it with me if you like. It's a chick movie. Merri Lee said that means girls like it, not that there are small birds in it.
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Mother Night and May The Darkness Be Merciful!
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People who entered the Courtyard without an invitation were just plain crazy! Wolves were big and scary and so fluffy, how could anyone resist hugging one just to feel all that fur? “Ignore the fluffy,” she muttered. “Remember the part about big and scary.
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