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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.
Tamora Pierce
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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Not too fast, called Raoul. Let's not scare anyone. His majesty said with all deliberate speed! chirped the courier. He flinched under Lerant's glare. That's how we're doing it, Raoul told him. Deliberately.
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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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Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.
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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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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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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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Briar: So I guess I was the last to know. Rosethorn: Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?
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If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.
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You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him. So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.
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Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. Are you trying to kill me, woman? If I mean to kill someone, I do it, Rosethorn told him. I don't try.
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Goodwin scowled at her cup. With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense.
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