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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: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.
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A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.
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I am not wise, but I can always learn.
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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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Why does he speak of them that way? The crow-man wanted to know. They are humans, just like he is. I don't think he sees them as just like him. Ally explained. He is foolish then, said Nawat. There are more raka than Bronaus.
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I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.
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I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin', she told me. Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.
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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
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Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
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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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I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you're going to be.
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Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends
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She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.
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I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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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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Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not.
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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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I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.
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