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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.

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Anne Bishop
Age: 54
Novelist
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the United States of America
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You weren't afraid of me when I was Wolf, he said. Why are you afraid of Nathan? He's got big feet! What? An insulted-sounding arrroooo came from the other side of the door, a reminder that Wolves also had big ears.
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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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But wouldn't it be lovely to watch two people fall in love?
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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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Everything has a price.
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Our recovery of hope - full colour, three-dimensional, hard working, clear thinking, wildly radical, living hope - is our key to liberation.
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Briarwood is the pretty poison. There is no cure for Briarwood.
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Do you always ask me the same questions you ask him? It depends on whether or not I get an answer.
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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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Not fault of teaching spider if little spider pay more attention to catching fly than doing lesson.
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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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There are some questions that shouldn't be asked until a person is mature enough to appreciate the answers.
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She was the most painful, most glorious dance of his life
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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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Let your heart travel lightly. Because what you bring with you becomes part of the landscape.
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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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More than a shadow and less than a soul.
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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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Words lie. Blood doesn't.
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