Tamora Pierce quotes - page 3

A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk. (Tamora Pierce)
Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time. View quote
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Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth. View quote
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Marriage is for noblewomen with nothing else to do. View quote
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils. View quote
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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. View quote
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Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to? View quote
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She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men. View quote
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The Lower City is MINE, Its People are MINE. If I Find Them That's Doing All This Kidnapping And Murdering, They'd Best Pray For Mercy, Because Once I Get My Teeth In 'Em I Will NEVER Let Them Go. View quote
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But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head. View quote
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Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle. (Tamora Pierce)
Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to. View quote
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You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance. View quote
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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. View quote
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I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is. View quote
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When in doubt, shoot the wizard. View quote
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Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again. View quote
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Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people. View quote
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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. View quote
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Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong. View quote
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary. (Tamora Pierce)
Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult? View quote
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A friend had commented once that Neal had a gift for making someone want to punch him just for saying hello. View quote
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin. View quote
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Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends. View quote
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Tamora Pierce

Tamora Pierce - Image
Photo: Elizabeth Mitchell, CC BY-SA 2.0
Occupation: American Writer
Born: December 13, 1954
Quotes count: 186
Wikipedia: Tamora Pierce

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