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Mercy was more frightening than murder, because it was harder, and Randa didn't deserve it. And even though she wanted what the voice wanted, she didn't think she had the courage for it.

Kristin Cashore

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Kristin Cashore
Age: 48
Born: 1976
Born: June 10
Novelist
Writer
Boston
Massachusetts
Voice
Didn
Frightening
Wanted
Murder
Even
Mercy
Think
Deserve
Thinking
Harder
Courage
Though

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