Karra Smith

“He is a horse who will burn and bloat and explode in the sun. Put him back in the oven and let him cook until he's done.”
― Tamora Pierce, Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales

“I was reading.

You’re always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt.

Then maybe they shouldn’t talk to me.”
― -Tamora Pierce Briar s Book via fictionalheroine

“The Chamber is only a room, though a magical one, and you will enter it when the time comes. Duke Roger is only a man, for all he wields sorcery. He can be met and defeated. But you, my daughter - learn to love. You have been given a hard road to walk. Love will ease it. Much depends on you, Alanna of Trebond. Do not fail me!" - The Goddess”
― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

“Onua smiled. She knew an old grievance when she heard one. “Then why wear ’em? Get yourself breeches and a shirt like me.” Daine gaped at her. “Men’s gear? With folk talking about me all the time as is?” Onua shook her head. “You’re not home now. The rules have changed.” Daine opened her mouth to object—then closed it. She looked at her skirts. To be rid of them, and the petticoats . . . it hit her, really hit her, that she was free of Snowsdale. What could they do to her now?”
― Tamora Pierce, Wild Magic