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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
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She has her gown nicely in place tonight, doesn't she? Black velvet and sparkles, not a thread left hanging. Clever girl, this city. Even the sky is her friend.
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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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Cats can do whatever they want, whenever they want, without regard to what anyone says or does. Rather like Princesses.
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What kind of world permitted such terrible injustice, where good men were stripped of everything and soulless creatures of malice and hatred survived to glory in their pointless death?
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We must nurture and love, if life is to have any real meaning. But First we must find a way to survive against the things that prevent us from doing so.
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Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.
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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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I have learned to do more with less, so you don't see the big books anymore.
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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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A world in which elves exist and magic works offers greater opportunities to digress and explore.
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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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Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.
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I want to kick-start your imagination and let you discover the places it can take you.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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If you don't think there is magic in writing, you probably won't write anything magical.
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We live out our lives as we are meant to live them-with some choice, with some chance, but mostly as a result of the persons we are.
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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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When she cried, he would say, there is nothing wrong with crying. Your feelings tell you who are. They tell what is important. Don't ever be ashamed of them.
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The Golden Compass is one of the best fantasy / adventure stories that I have read. This is a book no one should miss.
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