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If we're to be judged by our parents and grandparents, then we all may as well impale ourselves upon jagged bits of rock.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
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Jagged
Upon
Grandparents
May
Grandparent
Wells
Judged
Well
Rock
Rocks
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Bits
Impale

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I'm not going to wear a red dress, she said. It would look stunning, My Lady, she called. She spoke to the bubbles gathered on the surface of the water. If there's anyone I wish to stun at dinner, I'll hit him in the face.
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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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He leaned heavily on the desk now, as if danger had strengthened him before and its lack now made him weak.
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We need an ally of Mydogg's or Gentian's pretending to be among the most loyal allies of the king,' Brigan said. 'Shouldn't be so hard, really. If I shot an arrow out the window I'd probably hit on.
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Not all people who inspire devotion are monsters.
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Hidden yourself in a hole and dared to burden no one with your grievous friendship? I will have friends, Katsa. I will have a life, even though I carry this burden.
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You're afraid of your own anger.
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And, he continued, his strange smile gleaming, as I see it, our hearts are not so different in size. I murdered my father. You murdered yours. Is that something you did with a large heart?
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Then she marched to the pillows and beat them mercilessly until they lay puffed out like obedient clouds.
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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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Go safely. Go safely, she thought to him. what a silly, empty thing it was to say to anyone, anywhere.
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I wanted you to go away, because it hurts to be with you when I can't see you. - Po
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I was doing science, Giddon said. He threw a bean. I was testing the impact of a bean upon water, Bann said. That's not even a real thing. Perhaps I'll test the impact of a bean upon your beautiful white shirt.
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Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. Bacon, Bitterblue muttered. Bacon! she repeated, then carefully made her way up the spiral stairs.
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She would like to restrain from cruelty and receive no admiration for it.
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