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“If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.”

Tamora Pierce book Wild Magic

Source: Wild Magic

“If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period."
"Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending.”

Tamora Pierce book Page

Source: Page

“If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.”

Tamora Pierce book First Test

Source: First Test

“Cats aren't special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.”

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Veralidaine "Daine" Sarrasri

“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 The Realms of the Gods

Source: The Realms of the Gods

“Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle.

(Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.)”

Tamora Pierce book Sandry's Book

Source: Sandry's Book

“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 Mastiff

Source: Mastiff

“The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.”

Tamora Pierce book Melting Stones

Source: Melting Stones

“As I recall, this word's use means somewhere there is a tree that is now a - a two-legger.

-Numair Salmalin”

Tamora Pierce book Wolf-Speaker

Source: Wolf-Speaker

“What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka?" she asked.
"I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.”

Tamora Pierce book Bloodhound

Source: Bloodhound

“Don't let him upset you," Niko told the four softly. "He's old and he's frightened."
"You're as old as him, and you aren't scared of us," Briar pointed out.
Niko glared at him. "Thank you so much," he retorted waspishly.”

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

Tamora Pierce book Bloodhound

Source: Bloodhound

“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 Book

Source: Daja's Book