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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. Are you trying to kill me, woman? If I mean to kill someone, I do it, Rosethorn told him. I don't try.
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