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Most humans think the appearance of quiet is quiet. They do not see that sometimes the enemy is as quiet as the serpent. Only when it has stolen all of their eggs will they know bad walks in the quiet as well as the noisy.

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
Novelist
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Thinking
Quiet
Walks
Enemy
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Serpent
Humans
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Stolen
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