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Deception is a tactic: use it. Do whatever it takes to win.

Janet Morris

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Janet Morris
Age: 78
Born: 1946
Born: May 25
Author
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Janet Ellen Morris
Janet E. Morris
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And as for death - we get what we expect.
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I...keep trying to be perfect. For you. So you'll notice me.
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Life to you, Riddler, and everlasting glory.
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Keep your enemies at a distance, your partners close at hand.
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For Tempus...was a dozen storm gods' avatar no army he sanctified could know defeat no war he fought could not be won. Combat was life to him he fought like the gods themselves.
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