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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
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the United States of America
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Daemon had written: What do you do when she asks a question no man would give a child an answer to? Saetan had replied: Hope you're obliging enough to answer it for me. However, if you're backed into a corner, refer her to me. I've become accustomed to being shocked.
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Words lie. Blood doesn't.
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Opportunities and choices. When a person makes a heart wish, that wish resonates through the currents and things will happen to give the person an opportunity to make the wish come true. Like a hand offered and accepted.
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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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Is there some kind of rule for when Sam should be a boy and when he's a Wolf? A Wolf lifts his leg and yellows up the snow. A boy has to use the toilet. And that will work? Only if he needs to pee.
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It was easier when all we wanted to do was eat them and take their stuff,” he grumbled. And it had been easier when he hadn’t cared if he made any of them cry.
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I suppose [...] that the most convincing way to fool an enemy would be to fool a friend.
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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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Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood.
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Everything has a price.
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Perhaps not willingly, but pain can make a man do things he wouldn't willingly do.
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Stubborn, snarly male.
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Some men die for lack of love…some die because of it. Think about it. - Daemon
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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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A woman with an education may be able to spend more time sitting in a chair instead of lying on her back. A sound advantage, I should think.
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Let your heart travel lightly. Because what you bring with you becomes part of the landscape.
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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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More than a shadow and less than a soul.
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She was the most painful, most glorious dance of his life
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