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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: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Warrior
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Yuki
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Decorative
Women
Beware
Deadly
Islands

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I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.
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But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.
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When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
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Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense --Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry
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Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.
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Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
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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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Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it. Evvy and I have an understanding. She grabbed the teakettle and poured hot water into the mug. She tells me the truth, and I don't hang her in the first well we come to. It's a solution that works tolerably well for both of us.
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I believe in deeds, not words.
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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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Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
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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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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.
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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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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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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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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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You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better. - Kel
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
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