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fae1cb8	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." --	medicine	Tamora Pierce
dc059a2	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."		Tamora Pierce
4590c4c	What has to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?	peas	Tamora Pierce
7efb2fa	Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.	friends humor	Tamora Pierce
e56386b	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."		Tamora Pierce
9b9c2fc	A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.		Tamora Pierce
0e578ff	I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.	raoul kel jokes	Tamora Pierce
9f71dbe	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 ..	raoul squire	Tamora Pierce
7fddcab	My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!	nealan squire keladry-of-mindelan	Tamora Pierce
2b7b4bd	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."		Tamora Pierce
7dbe27c	Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak!	healing-balm neal	Tamora Pierce
7dd832c	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	code-of-chivalry myles-of-olau	Tamora Pierce
cd55adb	Either I've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.		Tamora Pierce
3a4b4b9	Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it" George Cooper"		Tamora Pierce
f5e0031	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.		Tamora Pierce
a7b712a	Scary with you is better than scary without you		Tamora Pierce
e992c43	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.		Tamora Pierce
f4dc44d	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.		Tamora Pierce
84d092d	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.	nawat mating	Tamora Pierce
d045f5a	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.	magic call daine hearing calling communication	Tamora Pierce
bc252e1	I am not wise, but I can always learn.		Tamora Pierce
f276e77	Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?	change change-the-world	Tamora Pierce
a526fdc	Thus went my first Court Day. I think I'm going to puke.	dogs court-day puke puppy day	Tamora Pierce
a21ecd8	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."	sandry	Tamora Pierce
6c1b531	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."		Tamora Pierce
2ac4e91	Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?"	man men rosethorn	Tamora Pierce
d0bac15	There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.		Tamora Pierce
ab2a9b0	This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.	humour meet	Tamora Pierce
beaba8a	Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!		Tamora Pierce
d60511e	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."	waves pulse meditation ocean	Tamora Pierce
32fdde9	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."	humor justice	Tamora Pierce
1728566	Goodwin scowled at her cup. "With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense."		Tamora Pierce
97cbb8a	Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.		Tamora Pierce
bdf48bf	Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.	magic meditation	Tamora Pierce
d1cdc71	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?"	niko tris	tamora pierce
2227a7a	Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.		Tamora Pierce
9f53534	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 ..	niko tris	Tamora Pierce
dd67182	I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp		Tamora Pierce
414c9da	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."	lying exposed-truth jon confusion	Tamora Pierce
209bf77	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!"	rage cursing profanity	Tamora Pierce
964644f	I believe in deeds, not words.	belief-in-actions easy-to-say ysandir	Tamora Pierce
7c21aea	Tris: "What if I don't want to cut up aloe leaves?" Rosethorn: "Ask me if I what you want."	rosethorn tris	Tamora Pierce
f5b97c3	You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.		Tamora Pierce
09122a6	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"		Tamora Pierce

fae1cb8

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." --

medicine

Tamora Pierce

dc059a2

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."

Tamora Pierce

4590c4c

What has to do with the price of peas in Persopolis?

peas

Tamora Pierce

7efb2fa

Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.

friends humor

Tamora Pierce

e56386b

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."

Tamora Pierce

9b9c2fc

A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.

Tamora Pierce

0e578ff

I've said it before and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.

raoul kel jokes

Tamora Pierce

9f71dbe

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 ..

raoul squire

Tamora Pierce

7fddcab

My new knight mistress is famed for wielding sharp edges: Sword, Knife and Tongue!

nealan squire keladry-of-mindelan

Tamora Pierce

2b7b4bd

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."

Tamora Pierce

7dbe27c

Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak!

healing-balm neal

Tamora Pierce

7dd832c

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

code-of-chivalry myles-of-olau

Tamora Pierce

cd55adb

Either I've turned stupid, or life's turned hard.

Tamora Pierce

3a4b4b9

Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it" George Cooper"

Tamora Pierce

f5e0031

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.

Tamora Pierce

a7b712a

Scary with you is better than scary without you

Tamora Pierce

e992c43

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.

Tamora Pierce

f4dc44d

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.

Tamora Pierce

84d092d

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.

nawat mating

Tamora Pierce

d045f5a

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.

magic call daine hearing calling communication

Tamora Pierce

bc252e1

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

Tamora Pierce

f276e77

Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?

change change-the-world

Tamora Pierce

a526fdc

Thus went my first Court Day. I think I'm going to puke.

dogs court-day puke puppy day

Tamora Pierce

a21ecd8

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."

sandry

Tamora Pierce

6c1b531

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."

Tamora Pierce

2ac4e91

Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know." Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?"

man men rosethorn

Tamora Pierce

d0bac15

There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.

Tamora Pierce

ab2a9b0

This may be my only chance to see humans before these two are made into fertilizer for Moonwind's rosebushes.

humour meet

Tamora Pierce

beaba8a

Raoul: Age and treachery! Neal: Youth and skill!

Tamora Pierce

d60511e

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."

waves pulse meditation ocean

Tamora Pierce

32fdde9

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."

humor justice

Tamora Pierce

1728566

Goodwin scowled at her cup. "With all due respect, my lord, I hate it when you make sense."

Tamora Pierce

97cbb8a

Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.

Tamora Pierce

bdf48bf

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

magic meditation

Tamora Pierce

d1cdc71

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?"

niko tris

tamora pierce

2227a7a

Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.

Tamora Pierce

9f53534

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 ..

niko tris

Tamora Pierce

dd67182

I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp

Tamora Pierce

414c9da

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."

lying exposed-truth jon confusion

Tamora Pierce

209bf77

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!"

rage cursing profanity

Tamora Pierce

964644f

I believe in deeds, not words.

belief-in-actions easy-to-say ysandir

Tamora Pierce

7c21aea

Tris: "What if I don't want to cut up aloe leaves?" Rosethorn: "Ask me if I what you want."

rosethorn tris

Tamora Pierce

f5b97c3

You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.

Tamora Pierce

09122a6

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"

Tamora Pierce