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My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Buttermilk
Bleeds
Heart

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Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.
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Why does this mean so much to you, Jon? The Prince turned. Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?
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You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart. And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.
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Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
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I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers. Aly propped her chin on her hand. So does manure, she observed.
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Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
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She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.
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Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
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A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.
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You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.
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After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.
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Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obeyed, but she was restless. As clear as if she spoke to me, she was saying, Very well, I know you want to keep my strength up, but scent fades, you know! And I'd say, I know, girl, buy you're what I have and I'm going to take care of you.
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Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?
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Not one word, Kel warned. Tobe and I have reached an understanding. Neal's lips twitched. Why do I feel you did most of the understanding.
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George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?
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Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?
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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.
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Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle. (Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.)
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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