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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
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Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. No, don't answer me.
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Haven’t you ever noticed that people who win say it’s because the gods know they are in the right, but if they lose, it wasn’t the gods who declared them wrong? Their opponent cheated, or their equipment was bad.
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George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?
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What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!
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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it. She looked back at him. I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.
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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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Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends
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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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Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to.
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With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.
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I will tell the stork-man.
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You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.
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You know, ogres only sound stupid. Most are pretty smart. And it's a shallow person who judges anyone by the way they sound. I'm so shallow I'm surprised I don't reflect myself.
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But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.
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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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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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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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She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.
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Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
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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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