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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

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Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I w...more

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I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th' eye, all at once.I said I don't want to talk about it.

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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.

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It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye ...more

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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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If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing...more

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Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?"She looked at me ...more

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And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about.""Ever...more

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Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.

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You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.

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Don't go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody's grandmother," the woman said dryly. "Some grandchildren ne...more

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He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

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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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Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.