Tamora Pierce Quotes

George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think...

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

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

WE do try to eat," Raoul called back to her [Kel]. I go all faint if I don't get fed regularly. Only...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.

New learning never hurt anybody.

It occurred to Keth for the first time that perhaps magic wasn't simply a matter of fires, lightning...

If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatu...

I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getti...

I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yama...

Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to...

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it.""Evvy and I have an unde...

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

I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of pe...

The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a...

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

You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I ...

Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male – I hesitate to say ‘man’ – or f...

I knew it!" he cried, jubilant. "I thought 'twas you, but there's more of you now. You should've see...

Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's onl...

He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.

You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him.""So? He was stupid. If I kil...

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

Don't go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody's grandmot...

You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.

No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, w...

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

I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don't.

Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all o...

What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?

Sandry: "There has to be something we can do." Lark: "We're mages. We do what we can, but some probl...

Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom."Well, there's...

The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her fri...

Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is t...

Lark: "You shouldn't yell at

Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other." Lark: "I didn't say they liked it.- Da...

Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obey...

What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka?" she asked."I don't see where blaming me for thi...

And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in ...

She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.

I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythi...

Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him ...

Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she...

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Wi...

Scummer, pox and wound rot!" roared Tunstall, slamming his fist down on the bed. "Gods cursed the pi...

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

Why does this mean so much to you, Jon?"The Prince turned. "Because he's my friend. Because I always...

I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you.""I should hope so. You're the worst li...

She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, ...

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

Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the ...

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achiev...

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

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

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

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

Shut your gob, You tell me nothing in my kennel. Here, I am Queen Bitch, and you will muzzle yoursel...

Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.

Turnstall's view of what men could and couldn't do was sometimes odd. Our old parter Goodwin and I a...

Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.

Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l ty...

Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you eve...

We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.

Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much i...

That night, the Raka conspirators had plenty of news to report, particularly Ochobu. Aly had not kno...

There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.

Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.Aly rolled her eyes. Why did ev...

We build up pretty pictures of men, when we want to be in love. We hate to have them ruined.

You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-""I think as a human being," she retorted ...

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

There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular ...

Don't we teach our women to view all men according to the actions of a few?

All these nice clothes, all these jokes and drinks and food, what good does it do? Tomorrow, folk wi...

And she told you something about yourself you really ought to know: that you're beautiful, and worth...

Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I ...

Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be alwa...

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

I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th' eye, all...

Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accus...

Thus went my first Court Day.I think I'm going to puke.

Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and t...

I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My desce...

I well knew the rules to follow with our training Dogs: Speak when you're spoken to. Keep out of the...

Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all...

Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out...

Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male- I hesitate to say 'man'- or fin...

Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding." Neal's lips twitched. "Why do...

Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me.

If you have to hit--hit low.

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.

Corus lay on the southern bank of the Oloron River, towers glinting in the sun. The homes of wealthy...

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors....

Ralon didn't make anyone else put his tack away?" Alex wanted to know. "You didn't see anything stra

If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon ...

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.