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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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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle
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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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You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.
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I will tell the stork-man.
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.
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I am not wise, but I can always learn.
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