Tamora Pierce Quotes

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• Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

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  Rushing, Meditation, Magic

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book”, p.7, Scholastic Inc.

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• Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.

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  Men, Vocabulary, Lasts

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.614, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

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  Reading, Dark, Fire

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales”, p.61, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

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  Heal, Harder

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• I am not wise, but I can always learn.

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  Wise, I Can

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “The Woman Who Rides Like a Man”, p.178, Simon and Schuster

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• Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends

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  Library

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• Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

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  Change, Novelists, Way

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “The Woman Who Rides Like a Man”, p.44, Simon and Schuster

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• Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.

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  Humorous, People, Now And Then

  Tamora Pierce (2010). “Melting Stones”, p.146, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.

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  Confused, Years, People

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.829, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.

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  Life, Someday, Scholar

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Emperor Mage”, p.21, Simon and Schuster

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• A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

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  Heart, Mind, Library

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• Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

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  Ocean, Sea, Voice

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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• Scary with you is better than scary without you

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  Scary, Scared, Without You

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Emperor Mage”, p.271, Simon and Schuster

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• Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

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  Beach, Ocean, Wave Of Life

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Circle of Magic #1: Sandry's Book”, p.79, Scholastic Inc.

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• Cats aren't special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

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  Cat, Special, Want

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wolf-Speaker”, p.306, Simon and Schuster

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• When in doubt, shoot the wizard.

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  Doubt, Wizards, When In Doubt

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• Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to.

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  Men, Thinking, Noise

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• Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?

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  Girl, Boys, Insult

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “In the Hand of the Goddess”, p.3, Simon and Schuster

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• I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.

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  Growing Up, Men, Want

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• I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.

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  Believe, Mind, World

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• There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki

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  Warrior, Islands, Class

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• Most important of all, there is no right or wrong way to write - there's only what works for you. I was taught to write every day, but I know a writer (a bestseller at that!) who only writes on weekends.

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  Writing, Weekend, Important

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• And if wishes were pies, I`d weigh more than I do. Sir Myles of Barony Olau

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  Pie, Wish, Ifs

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• There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart." -George to Alanna

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  Romantic, Love You, Heart

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• You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.

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  Real, World, Wells

  "Philip Pullman, Tamora Pierce, and Christopher Paolini Talk Fantasy Fiction". Interview with Dave Weich, www.highbeam.com. July 31, 2003.

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