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There's something about a roof isn't there? It makes you feel like it doesn't matter what's going on below. All of those things that get in the way of your dreams - you're above them. Anything is possible.

Cinda Williams Chima

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Cinda Williams Chima
Age: 72
Born: 1952
Born: January 1
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I continue to believe in miracles. But i know that miracles come to those who work very hard
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He swept Raisa up into his arms and kissed her like it was his first, last, and only
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You look like a boy who has eaten the fruit of the tree of knowledge and doesn't like the taste.
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But I don't want your throne. Then what do you want? You.
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You didn't have to go to the fireworks with him. Or - or let him fondle you. Fondle? Raisa raised her eyebrows, When did I mention fondling?
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She padded toward Han, barefoot, like a faerie startled out of a forest bower, bewitching mix of clan and flatland beauty.
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She had never felt more alive than when she lay dying in Han Alister's arms.
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Plus he was naturally lucky at cards. As Mam had always said, lucky at cards, or lucky at life. One or the other. Not both.
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I have lost everything, Han thought. Then he corrected himself. Every time I think I’ve lost everything, I find there’s still something else to lose.
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A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear.
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History,' Mari muttered, as if she'd overheard his thoughts. 'Why do we need to know what happened before we were born?' 'So hopefully we get smarter and don't make the same mistakes again.
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He keeps this up, he's bound to be caught, she thought. And this time they'll dangle him for certain.
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Commander! Sir! Wake up! Jack surfaced from sleep, wondering who the commander was and wishing he'd respond so he could go back to sleep - until he remembered that he was the commander.
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The time will come when you will be forced to make a choice,” Hanalea said. “When that time comes, choose love.
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As for my family, my father was Danel he died as a mercenary in the southern wars, Han went on. My mother's name was Sarah, called Sali, and my sister was Mari. They died last summer. But then, you already knew that. Every time you forget, I'll remind you. That's the blood sacrifice I made to be here, and that's enough.
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One more thing: Linda, can you get to Canterbury and take over my Chaucerian Society? They're at Dovecote Hostelry in the old city. We're visiting all the scenes of the great murders. Tomorrow they want to see where Becket was killed. They're a bloodthirsty lot, it seems.
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If you want to be a writer, you must be in love with the process of writing, whether you achieve financial success or not.
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Ellen could have killed me, Jack said quietly, but she didn't. She saved my life. How come? Fitch demanded. After all this? Ellen turned scarlet and stared at the ground. Maybe none of my opponents ever gave me flowers before, she mumbled.
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Just because you're the enemy of my enemy don't mean you're my friend, Han thought.
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