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Fear and doubt are major stampeders.

Karen Marie Moning

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Karen Marie Moning
Age: 60
Born: 1964
Born: November 1
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Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Cincinnati
Ohio
Majors
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Doubt
Fear

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Dishonesty increases disorder exponentially. It's hard enough to communicate when you're telling the truth.
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I see God in a sunrise, not in repetitious ritual.
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I can't help but see myself in them. The Seelie are who I was before my sister died. Pink, pretty, frivolous Mac. The Unseelie are who I've become, carved by loss and despair. Black, grungy, driven Mac.
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The only reality you can control is the one you're willing to face.
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He looked blank. “He’s the one who’s been doing the magic against us?” “Duh,” I said. “Doona be ‘duh’ing me, lass,” he growled, his burr thickening.
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Being threatened seems to being out the worst in me.
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It's often only in the lies we refuse to speak that any truth can be heard at all.
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I began peering into the corners of the room, making sure all the shadows were cast by objects and obeying known laws of physics.
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The inspector ate only two of my tiny sandwiches: the first because he hadnt expected it to taste so awful the second, I think, because hed thought surely the first must have been a mistake.
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