Tamora Pierce Quotes - Page 8

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• Nestor beckoned to me and I dismounted with care.I handed the reins to the boy with thanks. I do not wish to see that hard-charging bag of bones again, unless it is in my soup.

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  Boys, Wish, Bags

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.515, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• "I am silly, now and then," Sandry admitted. "My mother said I was, anyway." "If you know, you can stop it." Carefully Daja placed a candle behind Trader Koma's image. "Then you've never been silly, or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning."

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  Mother, Silly, Warning

  "Sandry's Book (Circle of Magic, Book 1)". Book by Tamora Pierce, 1997.

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• We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we? - Sandry after the pirate attack

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  Kids, Thinking, Exactly Is

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• Sandry: "There has to be something we can do." Lark: "We're mages. We do what we can, but some problems are too big to fix." Sandry: "Then I wish I weren't a mage. What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people.

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  People, Magic, Wish

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• I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you're going to be.

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  Class, Two, People

  Tamora Pierce (2010). “Melting Stones”, p.150, Scholastic Inc.

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• The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.

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  Magic, Important, Lessons

  Tamora Pierce (2010). “Melting Stones”, p.149, Scholastic Inc.

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• As long as there's life, there's hope.

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  Long, Latin Proverb

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• Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.

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  Heart, Men, People

  Tamora Pierce (2014). “Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.441, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.

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  Mean, Should

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.687, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm.

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  Blow, Arms, Cooks

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.706, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

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  Doe, Money Talks, Bark

  Tamora Pierce (2012). “Beka Cooper: The Hunt Records”, p.520, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Have I mentioned that I hate it when you're right?", she asked instead. Alanna shook her head. "No, I don't believe you have. As far as I could tell, you never thought I was right.

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  Hate, Believe, I Hate

  Tamora Pierce (2004). “Trickster's Queen”, p.443, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• If you have to hit--hit low.

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  Lows, Ifs

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Alanna: The First Adventure”, p.49, Simon and Schuster

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• It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!

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  Winning, Night, Defense

  Tamora Pierce (2017). “Alanna: The Song of the Lioness”, p.116, Penguin UK

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• What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.

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  Knights, What If, Chivalry

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “First Test: Book 1 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.70, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna)

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  Girl, Boys, Dancing

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• Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel. His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits of passionate melancholy were for Uline. It was hard not to resent the older girl.

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  Girl, Fighting, Feelings

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• That's all this job is, Daine," she explained. "Trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better.

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  Jobs, Trying, Please

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Lady Knight: Book 4 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.167, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps might think it’s just one of their own monsters enjoying the sunrise.

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  Thinking, Dragons, Sunrise

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “The Realms of the Gods”, p.156, Simon and Schuster

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• When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.

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  Jobs, Knights, People

  Tamora Pierce (2007). “Squire: Book 3 of the Protector of the Small Quartet”, p.93, Random House Books for Young Readers

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• Men broke into their homes, killed their families, threatened you--and you won't let them do anything for fear you'll be hurt. That's selfish. How would you like it if I took your bow and said I cared too much about you to let you fight?

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  Hurt, Selfish, Home

  Tamora Pierce (2015). “Wild Magic”, p.294, Simon and Schuster

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• Indeed Not. Stop kicking me, Daine. You understand, she is very important to a number of powerful nobles and mages in Tortall." Numair's voice was quiet, almost friendly; his eyes were hard. "Their majesties. Lady Alanna and her husband, the baron of Pirate's Swoop. Me. All of us would take iit amiss if we thought for a moment she was being trifled with, particularly by a young man who wasn't free to do the right thing by her." "Numair," Daine growled. "Can I speak to you privately for a moment? "No. Stepping on my foot won't work either. Do I make myself clear, Prince Kaddar?

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  Powerful, Husband, Eye

  Tamora Pierce (2009). “Emperor Mage”, p.108, Simon and Schuster

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• We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

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  Teenager, Book, Dark

  "YA authors Ally Condie and Tamora Pierce". Interview with Amy L. Hayden, www.timeout.com. November 7, 2011.

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• With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.

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  Book, Writing, Ongoing

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• Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.

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  Military, Way, Sticks

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