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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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Wenna followed us out. You've done him some good, Clary, I have to say! He's got color in his cheeks, and he's stepping along as if he was sixty again, she told Goodwin as she walked us to the gate. You'll come back? Of course, Goodwin said. But thank Cooper for his improved spirits. Once he'd insulted her a few times, he was in the
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I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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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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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki
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Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable. Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.
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I believe in deeds, not words.
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I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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She has teeth like stars and hair like sheep fuzz
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Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
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Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.
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Girls are 50% of the population. We deserve to represent 50% of the heroes.
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Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it George Cooper
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Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?
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Tris: I was reading. Sandry: You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt. Tris: Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.
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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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