Tamora Pierce > Quotes

“Never before had she seen such creatures, though they looked much live very large, very shaggy white goats. Thin black horns punctuated the top of their long faces.

You look like a collection of grandfathers, she thought, amused.”
― Tamora Pierce, Daja's Book

“You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better. - Kel”
― Tamora Pierce, First Test

“Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.”
― Tamora Pierce, First Test

“If you have to hit--hit low.”
― Tamora Pierce

“Men died as she watched, and they didn't care about what they had fought for.”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“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.”
― Tamora Pierce, Terrier

“Her free hand was clenched in a fist. I held still, waiting for her to say something, to tell me she should have never left me here, where her friends might look to me for help.
Finally she looked at me. Her eyes were hard, but she'd let no tears fall. "This is where we blame those who are responsible, Cooper, she told me, her voice very soft. "The colemongers, and the bought Dogs at Tradesmen's kennel. We'll leave an offering for him with the Black God when all this is done, and we'll occupy ourselves with tearing these colemongers apart. all right? We put grief aside for now.”
― Tamora Pierce, Bloodhound

“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, Bloodhound

“Stefan shook his head. Th' lad's got guts , he thought. Not much sense, but guts. ”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure

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

“These mages," Kol asked, a wicked glint in his eye, "what kind of fees will they charge? Will I get a two-for-one discount, since they're twins?”
― tamora pierce, Cold Fire

“Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.”
― Tamora Pierce (Author), Lioness Rampant

“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.”
― Tamora Pierce

“I love you,” he whispered. “If you get yourself killed, I will never forgive you.”
― Tamora Pierce, The Realms of the Gods

“Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?"

She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax."

My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine.

"Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need.”
― Tamora Pierce, Bloodhound

“Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.”
― Tamora Pierce, Bloodhound

“Pride is something only folk with money can afford.”
― Tamora Pierce, Terrier

“Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages?”
― Tamora Pierce, Squire

“rosto cupped laddybuck in one hand and grabed the back of my neck with the other pulling me in and kissing me right on the mouth. i should have punched him but his lips were soft and sweet. i will punch him next time.
-beka after she realizes that rosto the piper is the new rouge”
― Tamora Pierce, Terrier

“I wanted to have something good to remember about today,” she replied quietly. “Something that wasn't petty and mean. Sometimes you have to provide such moments yourself.”
― Tamora Pierce, Trickster's Queen

“Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, "Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's not woman's work."
"It's needful, Ma. You taught me a woman has to know how to defend herself."
"I never!" gasped Sarra, indignant.
"You taught me when you were murdered in your own house," Daine said quietly.”
― Tamora Pierce, The Realms of the Gods

“Your place in life you can always change, whether you have the gift or not. But you cannot change what the gods have made you. The sooner you accept that, the happier you'll be.”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure

“That's all this job is, Daine," she explained. "Trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better.”
― Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight

“Nestor beckoned to me and I dismounted with care.I handed the reins to the boy with thanks. I do not wish to see that hard-charging bag of bones again, unless it is in my soup.”
― Tamora Pierce, Bloodhound

“You can tell all Namorn this is what happens when I am vexed," she informed him softly.

"Little *bitch*," he snapped.

Sandry looked him over soberly. "If you had understood that earlier, we could have avoided this unpleasantness," she replied.”
― Tamora Pierce, The Will of the Empress

“Wouldn't--" Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. "Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?”
― Tamora Pierce, Page

“I just want to be a warrior maiden and go on adventures. I don't want to fall in love,”
― Tamora Pierce

“Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.”
― Tamora Pierce

“All these things Alanna knew from her father's books and maps, but the reality took her breath away as a paragraph written in a book never could.”
― Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure

“There are times in every rider's life when it is necessary to apologize to a horse....”
― Tamora Pierce, Lioness Rampant