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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

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
Comics Writer
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I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.
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Briar: So I guess I was the last to know. Rosethorn: Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?
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Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
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Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
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I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.
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Hello, he greeted her cheerfully. You must be Alan of Trebond. You're very hardy to have made it this far the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here? Alanna said the first thing that came to her lips. The only thing I know is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time.
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Why does this mean so much to you, Jon? The Prince turned. Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?
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Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.
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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.
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Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?
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You're an obnoxious canker-blossom. Go ooze somewhere else.
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Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.
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She glared at him. Why are you forever asking hard questions? He smiled. Sooner or later you'll have to be able to answer one. Daja shoved him, grinning.
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Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn’t died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.
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If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.
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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.
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Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.
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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.)
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