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Yes, I thought I'd try electrocution next. Since a bomb, a fire, Vinco's knife and a brief encounter with outer space didn't kill me.
Maria V. Snyder
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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 55
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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It's the effort, not the results that matter.
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Valek's thoughts returned to Yelena. An icy finger of loneliness touched the emptiness inside him. She was in Sitia, where she needed to be to learn about her magical powers, but she had taken his heart with her.
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You’ve only had a small glimpse of how insufferable and annoying I can be. As the older brother, it’s my birthright.
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Oscove? Valek paused. He didn't have the stomach for it.
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Don't knock the power of a pest, Leif said. Persistance and stubborness can be useful in many situations.
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Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard.
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You’re better off fighting hand to hand than wielding a weapon you don’t know how to use. A skilled opponent would simply disarm you. Then your troubles would be doubled. Not only would you be under attack, but you’d have to counter your own weapon
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To Yelena, our newest food taster. May you last longer than your predecessor.
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You're easily distracted by the pattern of the cloth and can't see the quality of the threads.
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Valek leaned back in his chair and said to me, “I don’t think I would have made it past the audition,Yelena. I probably would have set my hair on fire by this point.” “What’s a singed head for the sake of art?” I teased. He laughed.
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Maximum damage. It was the beginning of the end. Either we would fail or not. At least we could say we tried.
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I never said it would be easy. Giving up is easy.
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Some Queen of the Pipes, I thought. I'd believed I was better than a mindless drone. But I was the mindless one, hiding away. Even now I referred to them as if I didn't belong.
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Another relative? Valek asked. A broad smile stretched Moon Man's lips. Yes. I am her mother's uncle's wife's third cousin.
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Bad dreams are ghosts of our fears and worries, haunting us while we sleep. I doubt Valek is in trouble.
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I didn't expect a knife, though. Is it the one missing from the kitchen? Did Rand report it? I felt betrayed. Why hadn't he just asked for it back? No. It just makes sense to keep track of large kitchen knives, so when one goes missing you're not surprised when someone attacks you with it.
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Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.
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Lying to yourself is easy, too. I know. It's much harder to stay and deal with consequences.
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Back so soon? he asked. Too bad. I was just about to organize a search for your dead body. What happened when you knocked on the southerner magician's door to sacrifice yourself? Did they kick you out, thinking you too half-witted to waste their time on?
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You had me tied in knots. You saved Belen's life, and I wanted to kill and thank you all at the same time. And during those nights when we didn't know if you'd live or die, I went from being angry, to worried to frustrated to scared all within a single heartbeat. If you had die, I would have killed you.
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