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I had always been a great talker and teller of tales. 'You should put a lock on that tongue of yours. It's long enough and sharp enough to slit your own throat,' our guardian warned me, the night before I left home to go to the royal court at Versailles... I just laughed. 'Don't you know a woman's tongue is her sword? You wouldn't want me to let my only weapon rust, would you?
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Words. I had always loved them. I collected them, like I had collected pretty stones as a child. I liked to roll words over my tongue like a lump of molten honeycomb, savouring the sweetness, the crackle, the crunch.
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
Cole Porter
Kate Forsyth
Born:
June 3, 1966
(age 58)
Bio:
Kate Forsyth is an Australian author.
Known for:
Bitter Greens (2012)
The Wild Girl (2013)
The Beast's Garden (2015)
The Puzzle Ring (2009)
Dragonclaw (1997)
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