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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.
Tamora Pierce
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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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