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At my friend Bridget's emphatic insistence, I checked this one out from the library. She neglected to mention that the "Daughter" series comes at the END of the Tortall stories. :P
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Occasionally I see people complaining about the intense second waveyness of Tamora Pierce's books - the lady warrior, the Strong Woman characters always being coded in terms of masculine strength, physical strength, battle prowess - i.e., you are...
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“I think we ought to live happily ever after," and she thought he meant it. Sophie knew that living happily ever after with Howl would be a good deal more hair-raising than any storybook made it sound, though she was determined to try. "It should be hair-raising," added Howl.
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
― Diana Wynne Jones
"And you'll exploit me," Sophie said.
"And then you'll cut up all my suits to teach me.”
― Diana Wynne Jones
“Debbie had to get up and slice me a thick piece of cake before she could answer. And I do mean thick. Harry Potter volume seven thick. I could have knocked out a burglar with this piece of cake. Once I tasted it, though, it seemed just the right size.”
― Maureen Johnson, Let It Snow
― Maureen Johnson, Let It Snow
“Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall’ - Lynette McGregor”
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
― Malorie Blackman, Noughts & Crosses
“Life is a disease: sexually transmitted, and invariably fatal.”
― Neil Gaiman
― Neil Gaiman
“You need a reason to be sad. You don't need a reason to be happy.”
― Louis Sachar, Sideways Stories From Wayside School
― Louis Sachar, Sideways Stories From Wayside School
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