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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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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
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Girls
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Hatchet
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Tris
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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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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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Why does this mean so much to you, Jon? The Prince turned. Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?
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Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.
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I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.
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Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. No, don't answer me.
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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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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.
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Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to.
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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
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Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.
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