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Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.


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Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.
         



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Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?

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George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?



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Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.



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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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Excuse me, " she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.




If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?



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Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift



I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.

I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.





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