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His name was Death. It was pronounced to rhyme with teeth, but Bitterblue liked to mispronounce it by accident on occassion.

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
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She knew he was angry, but she couldn't stop laughing. Forgive me, Po. I was only trying to get your attention. And I suppose it never occurs to you to start small. If I told you my roof needed rebuilding, you'd start by knocking down the house.
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If I wanted to stun anyone at dinner, I'd hit them in the face.
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Brigan threw his head back and smiled at the sky. Well said, Lady. The world may be falling to pieces, but at least the lot of us can have a bath.
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In the saddle again, Fire mulled over the commander's trust, prodding it around, like a candy in her mouth, trying to decide whether she believed it.
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You won't even take your bow? Are you planning to throttle a moose with your bare hands, then?
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Still doing your best to ruin the horses, I see.
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She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.
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Some people had too much power and too much cruelty to live. Some people were too horrible, no matter if you loved them no matter that you had to make yourself terrible too, in order to stop them. Some things just had to be done. I forgive myself, thought Fire. Today, I forgive myself.
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Great seas, he said. What do you want? He held the candle up to her face. Po, what do you want? She did a far better job than I would've done.
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I don't understand your book. Isn't every book a book of words?
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Then she'll know I'll want to knock her senseless if she so much as looks at me.
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