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There is much to admire in Peter Brett's writing, and his concept is brilliant. There's action and suspense all the way.

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Terry Brooks
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: January 8
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
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Sterling
Illinois
Terence Dean Brooks
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If I have the means, I have the responsibility to employ them.
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Nothing is lost that we do not first see as lost. Visions born of fear give birth to our failing. Visions born of hope give birth to our success. What is possible lives within us, and it only remains for us to discover it.
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I cannot imagine life without books any more than I can imagine life without breathing.
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If you do not hear music in your words, you have put too much thought into your writing and not enough heart.
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After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.
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What we have in life that we can count on is who we are and where we come from, she thought absently. For better or worse, that's what we have to sustain us in our endeavors, to buttress us in our darker moments, and to remind us of our identity. Without those things, we are adrift.
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Why pretend to be something you're not? If you have to be someone, be someone no one else is.
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It's better to die in pursuit of your dreams than to live a life without hope.
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Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.
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