Tamora Pierce Quotes

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The tall thief rushed down the stairs and grabbed her, swinging her around as he laughed. "And I've been thinkin' you forgot me," he said, placing her on her feet once more. "Just look at you! Tan and fit and wearin' the clothes of a Bazhir-" Alanna looked up into his friendly hazel eyes and broke into tears.

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A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.

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Wenna followed us out. "You've done him some good, Clary, I have to say! He's got color in his cheeks, and he's stepping along as if he was sixty again," she told Goodwin as she walked us to the gate. "You'll come back?" "Of course," Goodwin said. "But thank Cooper for his improved spirits. Once he'd insulted her a few times, he was in the pink.

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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.

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Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

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Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.

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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?

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Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense —Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry

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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.

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I swear the sparrows called us ten kinds of idiot when we did it.

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Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.

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Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.

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

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It's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove

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A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.

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Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die

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Now to find Tristan, if he survived the excitement. I hope he did. I have some things to say to him, and none of them are 'Goddess bless'. -Numair Salmalin

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I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you." "I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, "—or the best. Now I'm all confused.

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Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.

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Free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight.

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