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Frostpine made a face. Lifting the cup, he dumped its contents down his throat. "Auugghh!" he yelled, his voice stronger than it had been since his return from the harbor. "Are you trying to kill me, woman?" "If I mean to kill someone, I do it," Rosethorn told him. "I don't try." --
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medicine
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Tamora Pierce |
dc059a2
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Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it." "Evvy and I have an understanding." She grabbed the teakettle and poured hot water into the mug. "She tells me the truth, and I don't hang her in the first well we come to. It's a solution that works tolerably well for both of us."
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Tamora Pierce |
4590c4c
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What has to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?
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peas
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Tamora Pierce |
7efb2fa
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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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friends
humor
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Tamora Pierce |
e56386b
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Not too fast," called Raoul. "Let's not scare anyone." "His majesty said with all deliberate speed!" chirped the courier. He flinched under Lerant's glare. "That's how we're doing it," Raoul told him. "Deliberately."
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Tamora Pierce |
9b9c2fc
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A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.
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Tamora Pierce |
0e578ff
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I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.
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raoul
kel
jokes
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Tamora Pierce |
9f71dbe
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Sir, people never wanted me to make it to squire. They won't like it any better if I become a knight. I doubt I'll ever get to command a force larger than, well, just me.' Raoul shook his head. 'You're wrong.' As she started to protest, he raised a hand. 'Hear me out. I have some idea of what you've had to bear to get this far, and it won't get easier. But there are larger issues than your fitness for knighthood, issues that involve lives ..
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raoul
squire
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Tamora Pierce |
7fddcab
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My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!
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nealan
squire
keladry-of-mindelan
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Tamora Pierce |
2b7b4bd
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A crow may put on human shape or crow shape, but we remain crows," he replied firmly. "Hawks, too, are the same, whether they are born in human nests or hawk ones. The nestlings must always be protected. Since you have chosen to protect these, I and mine will protect you."
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Tamora Pierce |
7dbe27c
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Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak!
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healing-balm
neal
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Tamora Pierce |
7dd832c
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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. -Myles of Olau
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code-of-chivalry
myles-of-olau
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Tamora Pierce |
cd55adb
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Either I've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.
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Tamora Pierce |
3a4b4b9
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Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it" George Cooper"
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Tamora Pierce |
f5e0031
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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.
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Tamora Pierce |
a7b712a
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Scary with you is better than scary without you
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Tamora Pierce |
e992c43
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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.
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Tamora Pierce |
f4dc44d
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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.
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Tamora Pierce |
84d092d
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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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nawat
mating
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Tamora Pierce |
d045f5a
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If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
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magic
call
daine
hearing
calling
communication
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Tamora Pierce |
bc252e1
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I am not wise, but I can always learn.
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Tamora Pierce |
f276e77
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Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?
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change
change-the-world
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Tamora Pierce |
a526fdc
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Thus went my first Court Day. I think I'm going to puke.
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dogs
court-day
puke
puppy
day
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Tamora Pierce |
a21ecd8
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Sandry: "I am silly, now and then. My mother said I was, anyway." Daja: "If you know, you can stop it." Sandry: "Then you've never been silly or you'd know it just creeps up without any warning."
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sandry
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Tamora Pierce |
6c1b531
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Don't die on me," she whispered when the clock struck midnight and he still had not moved. "It's only a little shoulder wound. Goddess, George-don't die on me." His eyes flickered open and he smiled. "I didn't know you cared," he whispered. "And why insult me? I won't die for a wee nick like this; I've had worse in my day." Alanna wiped her wet cheeks. "Of course I care, you unprincipled pickpocket!" she whispered. "Of course I care."
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Tamora Pierce |
2ac4e91
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Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?"
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man
men
rosethorn
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Tamora Pierce |
d0bac15
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There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.
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Tamora Pierce |
ab2a9b0
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This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.
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humour
meet
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Tamora Pierce |
beaba8a
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Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!
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Tamora Pierce |
d60511e
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Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life," murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat."
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waves
pulse
meditation
ocean
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Tamora Pierce |
32fdde9
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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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humor
justice
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Tamora Pierce |
1728566
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Goodwin scowled at her cup. "With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense."
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Tamora Pierce |
97cbb8a
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Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.
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Tamora Pierce |
bdf48bf
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Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.
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magic
meditation
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Tamora Pierce |
d1cdc71
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At last Niko dropped his hands, and opened his eyes. His perfect tree illusion solidified and settled. "Very nice," said Briar with approval. "Couldn't have done better myself" "Couldn't do it at all yourself," muttered Tris. Briar ignored her. "But you'd never find a cork oak in these parts. Too cold." Niko looked down his nose at the boy. "I beg your pardon?"
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niko
tris
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tamora pierce |
2227a7a
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Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.
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Tamora Pierce |
9f53534
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Rosethorn had gone to her room the moment Niko started to cough. Now she returned with her syrup and a firm look in her eye. "I thought you were having trouble last night. Drink this." She poured some into a cup and held it out to him. Niko looked at it as if she offered him rotten fish. "I am fine. I am per-" He couldn't even finish the sentence for coughing. "It's not bad," said Tris, crossing her fingers behind her back. "Really, tastes ..
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niko
tris
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Tamora Pierce |
dd67182
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I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp
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Tamora Pierce |
414c9da
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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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lying
exposed-truth
jon
confusion
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Tamora Pierce |
209bf77
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Scummer, pox and wound rot!" roared Tunstall, slamming his fist down on the bed. "Gods cursed the pig-tarsed mammering craven currish beef-witted bum-licking gut-griping louts that did this to me! May every flea, leech and hookworm in all creation find and feast upon them!"
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rage
cursing
profanity
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Tamora Pierce |
964644f
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I believe in deeds, not words.
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belief-in-actions
easy-to-say
ysandir
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Tamora Pierce |
7c21aea
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Tris: "What if I don't want to cut up aloe leaves?" Rosethorn: "Ask me if I what you want."
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rosethorn
tris
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Tamora Pierce |
f5b97c3
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You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.
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Tamora Pierce |
09122a6
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Dale: "No, no--curse it, Beka, you're the prickliest woman I've ever met!" Goodwin: "No, I am. But she comes very close, I have to say." -- Dale Rowan and Clara Goodwin when Beka didn't want to accept money for being Dale's "luck"
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