Tamora Pierce citations

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

“What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.”

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

“Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?'
'Never. They're mother's milk to me.”

“So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.”

“Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.”

“You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better. - Kel”

“If you have to hit--hit low.”

“Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms and claws, armed with stones and sticks.”

“I imbue this place with my essence, every stone and every drop. My visit will do wonders for the flowers."

Aly propped her chin on her hand. "So does manure," she observed.”

“I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don't.”

“You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!" (Alanna)”

“Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.”

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

“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.”

“C'mon, Coram! Let's go find an adventure!”

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

“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.”

“Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.”

“Tris: "I was reading."
Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt."
Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.”

“Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.”

“When in doubt, shoot the wizard.”

“I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.”

“If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.”

“When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.”

“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.”

“The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends.”

“You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance.”

“Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to.”