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

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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As I recall, this word's use means somewhere there is a tree that is now a - a two-legger. -Numair Salmalin
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She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.
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I am not wise, but I can always learn.
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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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Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.
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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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Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.
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Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. No, don't answer me.
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
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I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
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It's always better to attack than to defend, Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!
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it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove
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A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again. - I'm not sure
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Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obeyed, but she was restless. As clear as if she spoke to me, she was saying, Very well, I know you want to keep my strength up, but scent fades, you know! And I'd say, I know, girl, buy you're what I have and I'm going to take care of you.
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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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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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Don't let him upset you, Niko told the four softly. He's old and he's frightened. You're as old as him, and you aren't scared of us, Briar pointed out. Niko glared at him. Thank you so much, he retorted waspishly.
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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
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