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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!

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
Writer
Late
Hold
Feller
Told
Fencing
Winning
Talked
Night
Defend
Better
Attack
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Always
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