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

“A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again.
- I'm not sure”

“There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart."
-George to Alanna”

“You've been nipping at cook's wine!!”

“Why does this mean so much to you, Jon?"
The Prince turned. "Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?”

“There's a dancing bear in Corus who's almost as shaggy as I am.”

“Why do you look like cheese, Beka?" Nestor asked me quietly. "We've got help."
I was too flummoxed to tell him I hadn't expected help to come so fast. Miracles aren't for the likes of me, didn't Nestor know that? Only the nobility gets them.”

“Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.”

“Stefan shook his head., he thought.”

“These mages," Kol asked, a wicked glint in his eye, "what kind of fees will they charge? Will I get a two-for-one discount, since they're twins?”

“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.”

“He's got courage," Alex said.
"Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almosthim and--”

“If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one?" I asked, deathly curious now. "Ahhhh," he complained. "Pincas Huckleburr.”

“Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.”

“Faithful:Alanna sighed. "When I want to stop learning, I guess.”

“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.”

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

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

“Tortall and the Queens Riders!”