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I am not wise, but I can always learn.

Tamora Pierce

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Tamora Pierce
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: December 13
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We could mate. In a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like...Should I begin to court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?...I will be here. In case you change your mind about mating.
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Horses are calmer people. They also don't throw things at cats.
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The first thing every mage should learn is that magic makes fools of us. Now you may call yourself a mage. You have learned the most important lesson.
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You look as scary as a buttered muffin.
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Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.
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She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.
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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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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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Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
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The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.
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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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Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.
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You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.
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If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
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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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When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh.
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He's just rather more lively than most fossils.
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If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one? I asked, deathly curious now. Ahhhh, he complained. Pincas Huckleburr.
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You're more trouble than you're worth. I'm a girl. That's my job.
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It's always better to attack than to defend, Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!
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