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The Mage-Born Child

by Jonathan Wylie

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“How would you feel," Elayne said softly, "if you saw your queen trying to kill a Trolloc with a sword as you ran away?"
"I'd feel like I needed to bloody move to another country," Birgitte snapped, loosing another arrow, "one where the monarchs don't have pudding for brains.”
― Robert Jordan, A Memory of Light

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“Almost anything can be improved with the addition of bacon.”
― Jasper Fforde, Shades of Grey

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“I am no longer afraid of getting old. Indeed I can't believe I ever said anything so stupid. So childish. So offensive and arrogant.
But mainly, so very, very stupid. I desperately want to grow old.”
― Elizabeth Wein, Code Name Verity

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“As with most of life's problems, this one can be solved by a box of pure radiation.”
― Andy Weir, The Martian

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“Two hands. One to destroy, the other to save. Which had he lost?”
― Robert Jordan, The Gathering Storm

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