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It's a dirty way to fight, but I'm late for lunch.

Maria V. Snyder

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Maria V. Snyder
Age: 56
Born: 1969
Born: January 1
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Lunch
Dirty
Late
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Oh, you made an impression. Like a stone caught in my boot.
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No hope, is worse than fear.
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Exactly. You can shoulder all the blame and become a martyr. Provided anyone knows what or who you're martyring for. Or you can accept that some things are important enough to fight for and realize there will be sacrifices along the way.
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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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Valek: You know a death sentence hasn't kept us apart before. Yelena: Is that an order Valek? Valek: No, it's a promise!
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There is a reason for everything. You might not be able to figure it out, and time might have made us all forget it, but the reason is there all the same.
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Every person has the latent ability to read minds and influence the physical world without touching it, but they don't have the ability to connect with the power source.
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No. I took this job in self-defense. Quain burns everything. Belen thinks jerky is all we need to survive. Flea's idea of a good meal is something that hasn't been in a garbage can first. And Kerrick poisoned us-' 'Not on purpose,' Kerrick said. 'The meat looked done.
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I did what any good rat would do. I bit down on the guard's hand until I tasted blood.
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Oscove? Valek paused. He didn't have the stomach for it.
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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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You asked how I can be so calm. I don't have time not to be. I would like to grieve and worry and carry on, but that doesn't achieve results.
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Words are easy. It's convincing the heart that's hard.
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I’ll have you know that the most delicate flowers often produce the strongest scent when crushed.
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No, I said. I'm not safe, Belen. Who is going to tear Kerrick's arm off if he hits me again? Come on, I urged. Stay with us.
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Trust, Kiki said, Trust is peppermints.
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Don't feel ashamed for having those feelings and those memories. What happened in the past can't be changed, but they can be a guide for what happens in the future.
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You could change into a goat and it would still apply.
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His movements were so graceful that I wondered if he had been a dancer, but his words betrayed to me that his fluid gestures were those of a trained killer.
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