Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift Tamora Pierce More Quotes by Tamora Pierce More Quotes From Tamora Pierce You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you. Tamora Pierce excitedmake-you-thinkthinking Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms and claws, armed with stones and sticks. Tamora Pierce cousinunclesbrother [P]ride is something only folk with money can afford. Tamora Pierce folks You are brave, kicking a chained prisoner. They must sing heroic ballads about you on winter nights!" (Alanna) Tamora Pierce bravewinternight Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna) Tamora Pierce girldancingboys If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me. Tamora Pierce ifsknows Do we say, Oh now I'm going to be nice to the weak and the small? Or do we do as we learned when we were pages? Tamora Pierce being-nicepagesnice Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?' 'Never. They're mother's milk to me. Tamora Pierce asking-questionstiredmother I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th' eye, all at once. I said I don't want to talk about it. Tamora Pierce splitseyenoses Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention. Tamora Pierce fearattentionmean When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh. Tamora Pierce knightsjobspeople You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better. - Kel Tamora Pierce boys I wish we had a sign that this flaming dragon is part of an attack or something. Those dung heaps might think it’s just one of their own monsters enjoying the sunrise. Tamora Pierce sunrisedragonsthinking Men died as she watched, and they didn't care about what they had fought for. Tamora Pierce diedcaremen Why does he speak of them that way?" The crow-man wanted to know. "They are humans, just like he is." "I don't think he sees them as just like him." Ally explained. "He is foolish then," said Nawat. "There are more raka than Bronaus. Tamora Pierce crowmenthinking That's all this job is, Daine," she explained. "Trying to please everyone and pleasing no one. And it will only get worse, not better. Tamora Pierce pleasetryingjobs So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world. Tamora Pierce ignoredlongworld Wouldn't--" Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. "Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with? Tamora Pierce flirtingfalling-in-lovenice Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel. His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits of passionate melancholy were for Uline. It was hard not to resent the older girl. Tamora Pierce girlfightingfeelings What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right. Tamora Pierce chivalrywhat-ifknights
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