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

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Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'. by Tamora Pierce

Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'.

call-me gentleman

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark. by Tamora Pierce

Money talks and walks, but it does not bark.

bark money-talks doe

I'm not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you're going to be.

class two people

He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to b... by Tamora Pierce

He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm.

cooks arms blow

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die by Tamora Pierce

Dreadful sorry mistress. Ma always said I was too silly to die

mistress sorry silly

You aren't a bit romantic, are you?" he asked, amused. She sat back and stared at him. She was beginning to think that Neal required a keeper. He seemed to have the craziest ideas. "Romance? Isn't that love stuff?" She asked finally. "It's more than just love. It's color, and-and fire. You don't want things magnificent and filled with-with grandeur," he said, trying to make her understand. "You know, drama. Importance. Transcendent Passion." "I just want to be a knight," Kel retorted, putting her used tableware on her tray. "Eat your vegetables. They're good for you.

passion drama thinking

If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot. by Tamora Pierce

If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.

barefoot shoes arrogance

Have I mentioned that I hate it when you're right?", she asked instead. Alanna shook her head. "No, I don't believe you have. As far as I could tell, you never thought I was right.

i-hate hate believe

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?

being-different might thinking

If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one?" I asked, deathly curious now. "Ahhhh," he complained. "Pincas Huckleburr.

lasts real names

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond. by Tamora Pierce

I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.

mets littles today

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.

magic lessons important

Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, do... by Tamora Pierce

Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? he asked. "No, don't answer me.

stolen goods answers

You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.

real animal people

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever i... by Tamora Pierce

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.

whatever-it-takes hunts

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.

fighting weapons men

Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth... by Tamora Pierce

Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.

wealth yardsticks book

I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yamanis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.

mad crazy people

No more is your master a god, Nobility, but he wants offerings from all. When Black God claims us, who will be punished for giving worship and power to a false god? The prince? Or Banjiku?

black offering giving

Haven’t you ever noticed that people who win say it’s because the gods know they are in the right, but if they lose, it wasn’t the gods who declared them wrong? Their opponent cheated, or their equipment was bad.

opponents winning people