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You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one? I asked, deathly curious now. Ahhhh, he complained. Pincas Huckleburr.
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.
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If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
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Wenna followed us out. You've done him some good, Clary, I have to say! He's got color in his cheeks, and he's stepping along as if he was sixty again, she told Goodwin as she walked us to the gate. You'll come back? Of course, Goodwin said. But thank Cooper for his improved spirits. Once he'd insulted her a few times, he was in the
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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it. She looked back at him. I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
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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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Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.
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