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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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humorous-comebacks
seller
inflation
sarcasm
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87d6a94
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Ersken gathered the dice, put them in the cup they had used for play, and tucked it inside one bound Rat's shirt. "Let that be a lesson to you not to gamble," he told the Rat soberly. "The trickster asks you pay for any luck you may have, one way or another." "Bless the boy, he's a priest with it," one of the Goddess warriors said with a grin. "After this, laddie, what's say I take you home and rub some of that off yez?" Ersken actually wi..
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gamblers
graceful-letdown
guards
repriminding
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Tamora Pierce |
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59f363f
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They had almost reached their horses when Neal's unmistakable drawl sounded through the stable: "Joren is so pretty. Say, Garvey, are you two friends because you can have him?"
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73cf06e
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Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna)"
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jon
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7108446
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You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them -- I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.
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hardships
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Tamora Pierce |
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a594299
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He doesn't need my help coming up with pranks. He's got too many ideas of his own. - Daja referring to Briar in their first year at Discipline cottage
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pranks
daja
mischief
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Tamora Pierce |
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93b2581
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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."
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Tamora Pierce |
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d67a5b0
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I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.
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mastiff
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Tamora Pierce |
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75b3e53
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Oakbridge did his work with dramatics and prophecies that all would go horribly awry. Having dealt with him over midwinter, Kel wondered why the man hadn't died of a heart attack. Instead he seemed to thrive on disaster and finding people seated in the wrong places.
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Tamora Pierce |
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56a8c1d
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If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period." "Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending."
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Tamora Pierce |
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0ff58dc
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Your life might be easier if you were. A fool for love is happier than a Dog with a heart that's all leather.
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love
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Tamora Pierce |
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7edcc80
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Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.
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silence
mastiff
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Tamora Pierce |
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d6b51eb
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She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday.
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metaphor
followed
harassment
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Tamora Pierce |
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0a78d55
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We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we? - Sandry after the pirate attack
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sandry
tris
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Tamora Pierce |
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53195c4
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The person who commits an action is the one responsible for it, not the people he commits the action upon.
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Tamora Pierce (Author) |
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602709f
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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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death
god
arguing
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Tamora Pierce |
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e7bb73e
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I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.
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beka-cooper
mastiff
tamora-pierce
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Tamora Pierce |
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8a656fb
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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"
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work
daja
rosethorn
crane
lark
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Tamora Pierce |
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beaa20d
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I'm to attend balls and banquets without my squire?" demanded Raoul, all innocence. "I can't handle things like requesting water to shave with, or getting my clothes pressed. I need Kel."
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Tamora Pierce |
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75db77a
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Faithful: Alanna sighed. "When I want to stop learning, I guess."
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Tamora Pierce |
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c320e95
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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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immunity
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Tamora Pierce |
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5b2be43
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If I have to 'catch' a man to get a husband, I don't want one.
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relationships
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Tamora Pierce |
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3ed65ef
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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."
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niko
sandry
testing
consequences
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Tamora Pierce |
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b68acc0
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Lark: "You shouldn't yell at her." Frostpine: "Of course I should. Gods bless us all, Lark, but our Water dedicates would try the patience of a ." -- Dedicates Lark and Frostpine when the latter found out that the Water Temple had run out of warded boxes"
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stone
lark
patience
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Tamora Pierce |
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f88de77
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If her rump were any stiffer, she'd break it every time she rides', I thought to Pounce. 'If she fell on the steps, they would never be able to put her together again', he replied.
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humor
tamora-pierce
insults
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Tamora Pierce |
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7d275e5
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When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.
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inspirational
squire
tamora-pierce
keladry-of-mindelan
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Tamora Pierce |
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de1582e
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He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm."
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humor
tamora-pierce
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Tamora Pierce |
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cc5ab94
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Tortall and the Queens Riders!
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tamora
tortall
queen
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Tamora Pierce |
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22cb7cc
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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."
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magic
sandry
problems
lark
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Tamora Pierce |
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ab4411c
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I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don't.
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happy
manners
rudeness
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Tamora Pierce |
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d50fd24
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Indeed Not. Stop kicking me, Daine. You understand, she is very important to a number of powerful nobles and mages in Tortall." Numair's voice was quiet, almost friendly; his eyes were hard. "Their majesties. Lady Alanna and her husband, the baron of Pirate's Swoop. Me. All of us would take iit amiss if we thought for a moment she was being trifled with, particularly by a young man who wasn't free to do the right thing by her." "Numair," Da..
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humor
prince-kaddar
numair
threat
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Tamora Pierce |
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59758c7
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Don't you ever get tired of asking questions?' 'Never. They're mother's milk to me.
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Tamora Pierce |
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696d7b5
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If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one?" I asked, deathly curious now. "Ahhhh," he complained. "Pincas Huckleburr."
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farmer-cape
mastiff
tamora-pierce
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Tamora Pierce |
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71704f8
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What if custom is wrong? demanded the part of her that believed in the code of chivalry. A knight must set things right.
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knighthood
custom
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Tamora Pierce |
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0385c52
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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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truth
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Tamora Pierce |
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59dfcf5
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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.
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Tamora Pierce |
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Once she was certain, she didn't waiver. I had to make her stop for water or a bite to eat. She obeyed, but she was restless. As clear as if she spoke to me, she was saying, "Very well, I know you want to keep my strength up, but scent fades, you know!" And I'd say, "I know, girl, but you're what I have and I'm going to take care of you."
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responsibility
dog-handler
scent-hound
talking-to-animals
trailing-a-scent
partners
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Tamora Pierce |
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411f2a0
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Funfunfunfunfun!
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joy
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Tamora Pierce |
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6fc8dd6
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If I were useful, you wouldn't know it was me.
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Tamora Pierce |
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1fe408b
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You'll see. I'm as good as any boy. I'm better. - Kel
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Tamora Pierce |
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53bf6f8
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Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.
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friends
homosexuality
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Tamora Pierce |
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3293d39
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Never before had she seen such creatures, though they looked much live very large, very shaggy white goats. Thin black horns punctuated the top of their long faces. You look like a collection of grandfathers, she thought, amused.
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Tamora Pierce |
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9f2fdfd
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He's got courage," Alex said. "Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almost him and--"
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courage
alex
raoul-of-goldenlake
anger
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Tamora Pierce |
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ebd314d
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She promised herself that from now on she would try to sit as close to Neal as possible. She could not kick someone eight chairs away.
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nealan
protector-of-the-small
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