Tamora Pierce: Likeness

Tamora Pierce is American writer of fantasy novels for children. Explore interesting quotes on likeness.

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

Tamora Pierce In the Hand of the Goddess

Source: In the Hand of the Goddess

“Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.”

Source: Wild Magic

“Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?”

Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure

Source: Alanna: The First Adventure

“You mortals are like fish
swimming in a globe of glass.
That globe is your world.
You do not see beyond it.”

Tamora Pierce book Lady Knight

Source: Lady Knight

“Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?"
Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with my magic than fixing my vision when ordinary glass will do.”

Tamora Pierce book The Will of the Empress

Source: The Will of the Empress

“George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?”

Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure

Source: Alanna: The First Adventure

“I’m to attend balls and banquets without my squire?" demanded Raoul, all innocence. "I can't handle things like requesting water to shave with, or getting my clothes pressed. I need Kel.”

Tamora Pierce Squire

Source: Squire

“Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.”

Tamora Pierce book Alanna: The First Adventure

Source: Alanna: The First Adventure

“Folk like you always lay the blame on somebody else. If I'd listened to talk like that, I'd've let myself get killed by my own people months ago.”

Tamora Pierce

Veralidaine "Daine" Sarrasri

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

Tamora Pierce book Melting Stones

Source: Melting Stones

“I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch.”

Tamora Pierce book First Test

Source: First Test

“But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head.”

Tamora Pierce

“I'm sick of this. Call me what you like, say I'm without honor, I don't care. I'm not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.”

Tamora Pierce Squire

Source: Squire

“Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?”

Tamora Pierce book Wild Magic

Source: Wild Magic

“Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it"
George Cooper”

Tamora Pierce In the Hand of the Goddess

Source: In the Hand of the Goddess

“We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like… Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?… I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.”

Tamora Pierce

Source: Trickster's Choice

“Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom.

"Well, there's no reason to insult me, "muttered Daja, half offended.”

Tamora Pierce book Cold Fire

Source: Cold Fire

“Evvy: "Is she going to eat Jooba-hooba? She looks like she's going to bite him, at least."
Briar: "No — if she bit him, he'd die.”

Tamora Pierce book Street Magic

Source: Street Magic

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

Tamora Pierce book Bloodhound

Source: Bloodhound

“Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other."
Lark: "I didn't say they liked it.
- Daja and Lark referring to Rosethorn and Crane's cooperation on finding the cures for new diseases”

Tamora Pierce Briar's Book

Source: Briar's Book