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You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.
Tamora Pierce
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Tamora Pierce
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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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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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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She glared at him. Why are you forever asking hard questions? He smiled. Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one. Daja shoved him, grinning.
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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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