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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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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.
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I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers. Aly propped her chin on her hand. So does manure, she observed.
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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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Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.
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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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I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.
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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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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.
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Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
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Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle. (Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.)
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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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I will tell the stork-man.
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My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine
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I believe in deeds, not words.
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When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
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A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.
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Why does this mean so much to you, Jon? The Prince turned. Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?
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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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I'm sorry, she said humbly. I haven't wanted to lie to you. I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met. He thought about it for a moment, then added, - or the best. Now I'm all confused.
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