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Despite how entertaining certain stories were, at the bottom of every item of gossip there was someone getting hurt.Sherwood Smith
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A horse blanket, Mel?I remembered what I was wearing. 'It tore in half when Hrani tried washing it. She was going to mend it. This piece was too small for a horse, but it was just right foSherwood Smith
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Except. What is normal at any given time? We change just as the seasons change, and each spring brings new growth. So nothing is ever quite the same.Sherwood Smith
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Memory warps time, as it does the sights and sounds and smells of reality; for what shapes it is emotion, which can twist what seems clear, just as the surface of a pond seems to bend the stick thrust into the water.Sherwood Smith
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Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?" They don't make songs when the good lose, " I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us.Sherwood Smith
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But I will never ask anyone from our village-from any village in Tlanth-to risk his or her life unless I'm willing to myself.Sherwood Smith
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Who in the universe halts when the enemy tells them to?Sherwood Smith
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If your opponent is better armed and has longer reach, then surprise is your only ally. And then you'd better hope he's half asleep.Sherwood Smith