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There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
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Warrior
Touch
Saying
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Yuki
Women
Decorative
Beware
Deadly
Islands

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You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights! (Alanna)
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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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Why, I’m just as true and honest as dirt. And I’m even more charming than dirt.
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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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I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.
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I am not wise, but I can always learn.
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What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!
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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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Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?
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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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My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine
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Stefan spat. Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.
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When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
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If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.
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Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.
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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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A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.
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What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.
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A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.
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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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