“It's been interesting, "Frostpine said casually. "I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best.”Tamora Pierce book Cold FireSource: Cold Fire
“And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.”Tamora Pierce book MastiffSource: Mastiff
“When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.”Tamora Pierce SquireSource: Squire
“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.”Tamora Pierce book Daja's BookSource: Daja's Book
“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.”Tamora Pierce book BloodhoundSource: Bloodhound