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My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Bleeds
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Buttermilk

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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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Daja: He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other. Lark: I didn't say they liked it. - Daja and Lark referring to Rosethorn and Crane's cooperation on finding the cures for new diseases
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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She glared at him. Why are you forever asking hard questions? He smiled. Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one. Daja shoved him, grinning.
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It's always better to attack than to defend, Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.
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If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.
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We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.
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I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.
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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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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.
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I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin', she told me. Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.
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Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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Wouldn't-- Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?
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If you have to hit--hit low.
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Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.
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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 he speak of them that way? The crow-man wanted to know. They are humans, just like he is. I don't think he sees them as just like him. Ally explained. He is foolish then, said Nawat. There are more raka than Bronaus.
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