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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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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. No, don't answer me.
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Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life, murmured Niko. They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.
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When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
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Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. Are you trying to kill me, woman? If I mean to kill someone, I do it, Rosethorn told him. I don't try.
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