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I can't leave her there all alone, surrounded by stone walls... She's too precious to give up.

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Megan Whalen Turner
Age: 59
Born: 1965
Born: January 1
Novelist
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Precious
Stones
Wall
Leave
Alone
Give
Surrounded
Giving
Walls
Stone

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I was listening, the king said, aggrieved. I closed my eyes to listen better. What did you hear? I'm not sure, he said. That's why I was listening so closely. I may have to ask the baron to repeat some parts of his report on his grain tax. I am sure you can arrange an appointment. I am sure I can too.
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It made Costis wonder for the first time just how much the stoic man really wants to hide when he unsuccessfully pretends not to be in pain.
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Then come out, said the king, helping him, knowing you'll never die of a fall unless the god himself drops you.
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Her queen danced like a flame in the wind, and the mercurial king like the weight at the center of the earth.
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No 'Glory shall be your reward' for me. Oh, no, for me, it is, 'Stop whining' and 'Go to bed'.
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