Tamora Pierce Quotes - Page 6

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• Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.

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  Stupid, Insane, Wells

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “In the Hand of the Goddess”, p.86, Simon and Schuster

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• What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka" she asked. "I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.

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  Months, Blame, Trouble

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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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• Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!

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  Skills, Age, Youth

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• He's just rather more lively than most fossils.

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  Fossils, Lively

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.50, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Never before had she seen such creatures, though they looked much live very large, very shaggy white goats. Thin black horns punctuated the top of their long faces. You look like a collection of grandfathers, she thought, amused.

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  White, Long, Black

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• I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months.

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  Horse, Book, Years

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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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• This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.

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  Two, May, Chance

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “The Realms of the Gods”, p.214, Simon and Schuster

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• I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.

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  Views, Parent, Dysfunctional Family

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• Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.

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  Gentleman, Call Me

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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• Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.

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  Dog, Heart, Love Is

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.367, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• At last Niko dropped his hands, and opened his eyes. His perfect tree illusion solidified and settled. "Very nice," said Briar with approval. "Couldn't have done better myself" "Couldn't do it at all yourself," muttered Tris. Briar ignored her. "But you'd never find a cork oak in these parts. Too cold." Niko looked down his nose at the boy. "I beg your pardon?" Briar shrugged. "Just thought I'd mention it." Niko glared.

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  Nice, Eye, Boys

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• My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine

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  Heart, My Heart

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• If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period." "Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending.

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  Fighting, People, Pounds

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Page: Book 2 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.59, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I was nuts for stuff in the Middle Ages when I was just in the third and fourth grades.

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  Nuts, Age, Stuff

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• What happens to each of my female heroes, certainly, is they find something bigger than themselves that they are honored to serve. It's not giving up your family.

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  Giving Up, Hero, Female

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

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• I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch.

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  Character, Lunch, Taught

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.81, 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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• I've written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody's thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.

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  Writing, Thinking, Stories

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• You've been nipping at cook's wine!!

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  Wine, Cooks

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.90, Simon and Schuster

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• After I recovered from 'Lioness', I wanted to write something about animals because I really like mythical creatures, especially dragons. At 12, I was one of those semi-recluses who did better with animals than people. Out of that, came the character, Daine, who could communicate with animals.

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  Writing, Character, Animal

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• [P]ride is something only folk with money can afford.

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  Folks

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Terrier: The Legend of Beka Cooper #1”, p.131, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'" Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

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  Son, Kissing, Pigs

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.25, Simon and Schuster

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