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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: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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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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Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.
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These mages, Kol asked, a wicked glint in his eye, what kind of fees will they charge? Will I get a two-for-one discount, since they're twins?
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What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!
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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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Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel. His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits of passionate melancholy were for Uline. It was hard not to resent the older girl.
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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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It's been interesting, Frostpine said casually. I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.
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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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When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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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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When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.
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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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Tortall and the Queens Riders!
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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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There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.
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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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You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.
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When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.
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