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• When in doubt, shoot the wizard.

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  Doubt, Wizards, When In Doubt

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• If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

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  Acceptance, Men, Thinking

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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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  Thinking, Being Different, Might

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.85, Simon and Schuster

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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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• 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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• 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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• I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.

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  Advice, Should, Distrust

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “The Realms of the Gods”, p.245, 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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• Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

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  Fear, Mean, Attention

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.196, Random House Books for Young Readers

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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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• No one expects a woman busy at her sewing to pay attention to what’s being said around her. Nevermind if a man’s mother and sister showerd them they heard everything while they stictched, he’ll still think a woman who plies her needles saves all her brains for the work. You’re a far better spy hemming sheets than if you clank with daggers.

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  Mother, Men, Thinking

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Trickster's Duet”, p.240, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

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  Dream, Book, People

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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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• 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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• 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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• 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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• I believe in deeds, not words.

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  Believe, Deeds, I Believe

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.153, Simon and Schuster

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• free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.

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  Dawn, Midnight, Rewards

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.31, Simon and Schuster

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• You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.

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  Horse, Kings, Men

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Lioness Rampant”, p.157, Simon and Schuster

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• Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some secrets you don't ever want to learn." Rosethorn: "All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream.

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  Dream, Sweat, Secret

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• You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

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  Real, Animal, People

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• Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. “Auugghh!” he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?" "If I mean to kill someone, I do it," Rosethorn told him. "I don't try.

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  Mean, Voice, Stronger

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• I told Ersken, "Lately it's been like living on the knife's edge, never knowing which side I'll fall off on" Ersken clapped me on the shoulder as we stepped into the street. "Cheer up, Beka. Maybe you were going to fall off that razor's edge before, but not today," he said, as good humored as always. "Today we're doing to jump.

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  Cheer, Fall, Knives

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.524, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

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  Needs, Worst

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