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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka she asked. I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful, I replied.
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Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?
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Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
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Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.
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Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel. His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits of passionate melancholy were for Uline. It was hard not to resent the older girl.
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Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.
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I'm sorry, she said humbly. I haven't wanted to lie to you. I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met. He thought about it for a moment, then added, - or the best. Now I'm all confused.
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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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Tris: I was reading. Sandry: You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt. Tris: Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.
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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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A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again. - I'm not sure
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.
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There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.
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You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.
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free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.
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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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I will tell the stork-man.
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