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"The psychoanalysis of neurotics has taught us to recognize the intimate connection between wetting the bed and the character trait of ambition."

"Always the wild child, conceived in flames, born of fire. Drawn to the forbidden, witch, warlock, burning stones. Her blood is made of moonlight; part dark, part light. Her heart, it's a sword; fiercely loyal and will fight to the death for those whom she loves. You can throw her in the fire, she always returns as a flame: the fervor is her anchor, her safe-haven... her blood."

"A sweet soul will take you further than a sweet tongue."

"To see a man's true colors, tell him you're saving yourself for marriage. To see a woman's true colors, tell her you're poor."

"An evil person will have evil friends. A righteous person will have righteous friends. The company you keep is hidden treasure or masked demise."

"Cockiness is a display of an empty lifestyle, humility is when you see yourself as a zero while others are making you their hero."

"Your name still rings a bell when you say something good, not by causing catastrophe in a bid to sound more interesting."

"You are not a perfect woman.You have an evil temper, you're as blind as a mole, you're a deplorable poet, and frankly, your French accent could use some work. Supporting himself on his elbows, Leo took her face in his hands. "But when I put those things together with the rest of you, it makes you into the most perfectly imperfect woman I've ever known."

"Personal discipline is a most powerful character quality and one worthy of dedicating your life to nurturing."

"It might not be about perfection. Rather, it may be that that which is imperfect is that which has the most character."
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"But in fantasy, you can make a complete break, and you can put people in a situation where they are confronted with things that they would not confront in the real world."

"When I was quite young, she was working in a hardware store, so I grew up knowing about hardware."

"When a person responds emotionally to intellectual things, or emotionally only to traditional emotional things - I find that an interesting break between myself and some other writers and fans."

"Other people, including me, have written books with main characters who were old and rich. Or old and brilliant. Old sages, old wizards, old rich people."

"When I was starting out, I did not do short fiction well, because I kept wanting to write books."

"Having a mother who had been an aeronautical engineer convinced me that more things should be open to women."
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