“We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we?
- Sandry after the pirate attack”

—  Tamora Pierce, Tris's Book

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American writer of fantasy novels for children 1954

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