Tamora Pierce Quotes - Page 5

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• We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.

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  Years, Mind, Would Be

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• Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?

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  Men, Lasts, Briars

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• I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers." Aly propped her chin on her hand. "So does manure," she observed.

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  Flower, Essence, Hands

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Trickster's Duet”, p.728, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Men died as she watched, and they didn't care about what they had fought for.

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  Men, Care, Died

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “In the Hand of the Goddess”, p.63, Simon and Schuster

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• You're more trouble than you're worth." "I'm a girl. That's my job.

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  Girl, Jobs, Trouble

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• You aren't a bit romantic, are you?" he asked, amused. She sat back and stared at him. She was beginning to think that Neal required a keeper. He seemed to have the craziest ideas. "Romance? Isn't that love stuff?" She asked finally. "It's more than just love. It's color, and-and fire. You don't want things magnificent and filled with-with grandeur," he said, trying to make her understand. "You know, drama. Importance. Transcendent Passion." "I just want to be a knight," Kel retorted, putting her used tableware on her tray. "Eat your vegetables. They're good for you.

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  Drama, Passion, Thinking

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.59, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• "Hello," he greeted her cheerfully. "You must be Alan of Trebond. You're very hardy to have made it this far the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here?"
  Alanna said the first thing that came to her lips. "The only thing I know is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time."

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  Trying, Firsts, Lips

  "Alanna: The First Adventure". Book by Tamora Pierce, September 1983.

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• But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.

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  Sergeants

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.345, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• rosto cupped laddybuck in one hand and grabed the back of my neck with the other pulling me in and kissing me right on the mouth. i should have punched him but his lips were soft and sweet. i will punch him next time. -beka after she realizes that rosto the piper is the new rouge

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  Sweet, Kissing, Hands

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• I will tell the stork-man.

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  Men, Storks

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.140, Simon and Schuster

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• Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not.

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  Character, Needs, Honorable

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Daja's Book”, p.74, Scholastic Inc.

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• The tall thief rushed down the stairs and grabbed her, swinging her around as he laughed. "And I've been thinkin' you forgot me," he said, placing her on her feet once more. "Just look at you! Tan and fit and wearin' the clothes of a Bazhir-" Alanna looked up into his friendly hazel eyes and broke into tears.

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  Eye, Feet, Clothes

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “The Woman Who Rides Like a Man”, p.127, Simon and Schuster

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• I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp

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  Mother

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• And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.

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  Believe, Eye, Giving

  Tamora Pierce (2011). “Mastiff: The Legend of Beka Cooper #3”, p.262, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I love meeting fans. They're always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.

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  Fun, Smart, Ideas

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• He was overconfident”, she told him. “And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they’d have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works.” “You won because you were good” he corrected her. “I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.

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  Believe, Forever, Trials

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.240, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.

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  Fun, Fighting, Thinking

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.62, Simon and Schuster

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• 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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  Fall, Tired, Wish

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.54, Simon and Schuster

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• No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, who will be punished for giving worship and power to a false god? The prince? Or Banjiku?

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  Offering, Giving, Black

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Emperor Mage”, p.145, Simon and Schuster

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• Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?" She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax." My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine. "Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need.

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  Girl, Dog, Children

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• They had almost reached their horses when Neal's unmistakable drawl sounded through the stable: "Joren is so pretty. Say, Garvey, are you two friends because you can have him?

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  Horse, Two Friends, Two

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Page: Book 2 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.38, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?

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  Nice, Pages, Being Nice

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.105, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Ozorne, my precious, where are you? - Rikash Moonsword

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• I suppose he could have changed," Neal said dryly. "I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil." The other pages snorted. Kel eyed her friend. "You do look yellow around the edges," she told him, her face quite serious. "I hadn’t wanted to bring it up." "We daffodils like to have things brought up," Neal said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. "It reminds us of spring.

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  Spring, Yellow, Looks

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.315, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!

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  Knights, Knives, Mistress

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.333, Random House Books for Young Readers

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