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We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.
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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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What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!
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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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But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
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I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months.
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Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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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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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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I don't write from dreams because I don't remember mine, but I had a fragment of an image left about twins, whose father was telling them how their lives were going to go for the next eight years. I wrote a scene about that, and then another and then another and then another, and after five months I had 732 pages.
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You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights! (Alanna)
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I believe in deeds, not words.
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You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.
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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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We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.
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Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obeyed, but she was restless. As clear as if she spoke to me, she was saying, Very well, I know you want to keep my strength up, but scent fades, you know! And I'd say, I know, girl, buy you're what I have and I'm going to take care of you.
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Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it. Evvy and I have an understanding. She grabbed the teakettle and poured hot water into the mug. She tells me the truth, and I don't hang her in the first well we come to. It's a solution that works tolerably well for both of us.
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