I'd like to find whoever taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs," Neal told Kel at lunch. Tamora Pierce More Quotes by Tamora Pierce More Quotes From Tamora Pierce 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. Tamora Pierce askinganswersforever I truly love our Code of Chivalry. We are taught that noblemen must take everything and say nothing. Noblemen must stand alone. Well, we're men, and men aren't born to stand alone. Tamora Pierce chivalrytaughtmen You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it. Tamora Pierce swimmingglassesworld Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world. Tamora Pierce powerfulteacherpeople Daja: "He and Rosethorn work together? They hate each other." Lark: "I didn't say they liked it. - Daja and Lark referring to Rosethorn and Crane's cooperation on finding the cures for new diseases Tamora Pierce larkshateworking-together Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you? Tamora Pierce briarslastsmen Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with. Tamora Pierce sicknessfightingsometimes Evvy: "Is she going to eat Jooba-hooba? She looks like she's going to bite him, at least." Briar: "No — if she bit him, he'd die. Tamora Pierce briarsbiteslooks You're more trouble than you're worth." "I'm a girl. That's my job. Tamora Pierce girltroublejobs Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some secrets you don't ever want to learn." Rosethorn: "All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream. Tamora Pierce sweatsecretdream The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends. Tamora Pierce feardarksleep Sandry: "There has to be something we can do." Lark: "We're mages. We do what we can, but some problems are too big to fix." Sandry: "Then I wish I weren't a mage. What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people. Tamora Pierce magicwishpeople I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them. Tamora Pierce youwritingpeopleschool Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough. Tamora Pierce fastlateenoughworld My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!' Tamora Pierce weddinghusbandpowersometimes