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Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

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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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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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Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his...more

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Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's not woman's work."...more

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And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you're beautiful, and worth loving.

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We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined.