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Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.
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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine
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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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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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I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.
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It's been interesting, Frostpine said casually. I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.
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Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.
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Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. No, don't answer me.
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You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him. So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
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Not too fast, called Raoul. Let's not scare anyone. His majesty said with all deliberate speed! chirped the courier. He flinched under Lerant's glare. That's how we're doing it, Raoul told him. Deliberately.
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She has teeth like stars and hair like sheep fuzz
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
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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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Don't let him upset you, Niko told the four softly. He's old and he's frightened. You're as old as him, and you aren't scared of us, Briar pointed out. Niko glared at him. Thank you so much, he retorted waspishly.
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Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.
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As I recall, this word's use means somewhere there is a tree that is now a - a two-legger. -Numair Salmalin
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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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