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I used to not back down from a challenge.

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Elizabeth Moon
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 7
Military Officer
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
McAllen
Texas
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I revear all the gods but those that delight in cruelty. If Ra's light is kindly in your eyes than may his light shine on us all.
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I like it that order exists somewhere even if it shatters near me.
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Hard to be a physics major at Rice University if you have flunked calculus.
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Everything in my life that I value has been gained at the cost of not saying what I really think and saying what they want me to say.
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Having to struggle gave me the chance to demonstrate strength of character.
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I always thought my questions were wrong questions because no one else asked them. Maybe no one thought of them. Maybe darkness got there first. Maybe I am the first light touching a gulf of ignorance... Maybe my questions matter.
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It is not wrong to be different. Sometimes it is hard, but it is not wrong.
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In a novel, I could submerge my ego in a characters and let his perceptions take over.
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