Quotes by Tamora Pierce

About Tamora Pierce:

Tamora Pierce is an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness (1983–1988), which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Many of her books have feminist themes.
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Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

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Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands. And now I am having the ...

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I forgot my purse of laughter when I dressed this mornin'," she told me. "Have you not bought anythin' the last few days? Prices have gone up. Pay or starve, it's all one to me.

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I told Ersken, "Lately it's been like living on the knife's edge, never knowing which side I'll fall off on" Ersken clapped me on the shoulder as we stepped into the street. "Cheer up, Beka. Maybe you were going to fall off that razor's edge before, ...

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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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He's got courage," Alex said. "Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almost him and--

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If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'" Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?

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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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Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.

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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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Stefan shook his head. , he thought.

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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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I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it." She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down.

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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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Ah," Gary said dreamily. " 'Free time.' I've heard about that. Don't fool yourself, Fire-Top. What with extra hours of lessons for punishments, the extra work you get every day, free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods re...

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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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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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George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?

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Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.

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Ralon didn't make anyone else put his tack away?" Alex wanted to know. "You didn't see anything strange?" Alanna didn't look up. "No." , she excused her lie mentally.

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Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift

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Author Bio

  • NameTamora Pierce
  • DescriptionAmerican writer of fantasy novels for children
  • BornDecember 13, 1954
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist
  • AwardsMargaret Edwards Award