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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.
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people
evvy
rosethorn
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Tamora Pierce |
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6b987fe
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I love you, Jonathan," she whispered. A long arm snaked around her, and he pulled her against his side. "I know," he said. "I just wanted to be sure you knew it, too."
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love
jonathan
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Tamora Pierce |
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1b041e2
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I told Ersken, "Lately it's been like living on the knife's edge, never knowing which side I'll fall off on" Ersken clapped me on the shoulder as we stepped into the street. "Cheer up, Beka. Maybe you were going to fall off that razor's edge before, but not today," he said, as good humored as always. "Today we're doing to jump."
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humor
walking-the-line
uncertainty
joke
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Tamora Pierce |
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ef2a015
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Now to find Tristan, if he survived the excitement. I hope he did. I have some things to say to him, and none of them are 'Goddess bless'. -Numair Salmalin
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c0cac45
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Mithros's spear, Kel!" he exclaimed. "When did you turn into a real girl?" "You said she was a girl already," muttered one of his cousins... "But not a girl-girl, with a chest and all!" protested Owen. ..."I've been a girl for a while, Owen," Kel informed him. "I never realized," her too outspoken friend replied. "It's not like you've got melons or anything, they're just noticeable."
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Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands. And now I am having the same argument on paper that I have in my own head on too many nights. I know my choice is sensible, but it isn't my common sense I think with, those times Rosto's stolen a kiss from me.
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romance
infatuation
handsome
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Tamora Pierce |
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0a127b5
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Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and there to sniff aught of interest. Wherever our Rat stopped, Pounce was there, close enough to see up the Rat's nose. I was so proud. Now there was a proper god, making himself useful! Since my thought might be deemed blasphemy, I said silent prayers to the Goddess and to Mithros. I begged forgiveness and asked them not to misunderstand. Since ..
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prayer
gods
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Tamora Pierce |
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9c6a83c
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If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'" Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?" --
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insult
humor
pigs
anger
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Tamora Pierce |
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0510e83
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If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
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raoul-of-goldenlake
squire
tamora-pierce
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Tamora Pierce |
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d63bfdd
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Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets, she said in Tradertalk. Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle. (Sandry to Daja, referring to her conversation with Tris.)
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snappishness
sandry
tris
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Tamora Pierce |
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a753bde
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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...
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Tamora Pierce |
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78a228e
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Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.
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illness
death
flick
henna
helplessness
sickness
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Tamora Pierce |
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fdf2906
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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.
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pride
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Tamora Pierce |
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94245cb
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Why does this mean so much to you, Jon?" The Prince turned. "Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me and--and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?"
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loyalty
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Tamora Pierce |
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a5599b7
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Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.
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Tamora Pierce |
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a785d80
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I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their bloodline. No - no one will want to make descendants with me. [from Beka Cooper's journal of her first day as a new Dog i.e. cop]
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first-day
police-officer
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Tamora Pierce |
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bf72740
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Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some secrets you don't ever want to learn." Rosethorn: "All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream."
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good
magic
briar
rosethorn
balance
nightmares
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Tamora Pierce |
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f89b37e
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Ishabal: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" Tris: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with my magic than fixing my vision when ordinary glass will do."
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magic
ishabal
tris
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Tamora Pierce |
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ff36aab
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That night, the Raka conspirators had plenty of news to report, particularly Ochobu. Aly had not known that the mages of the Chain had been laboring to eliminate any mages who had worked magic on the Crown's behalf. So far they had killed seven of the most powerful. Chelaol would call this count of the dead another 'good start,' Aly thought grimly. This crude business of counting up lives taken struck her as a bad idea. It took the horror f..
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murder
life
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Tamora Pierce |
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88b73f2
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It's been interesting, "Frostpine said casually. "I wanted Daja to get some experience of other smiths'-and other mages'- ways of doing things, if only so she can see mine is best."
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frostpine
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405a3d4
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Ah," Gary said dreamily. " 'Free time.' I've heard about that. Don't fool yourself, Fire-Top. What with extra hours of lessons for punishments, the extra work you get every day, free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight. We all face up to it sooner or later--the only free time you get here is what my honored sire chooses to give you, when he thinks ..
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work
free-time
studying
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Tamora Pierce |
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81c96a3
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George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?"
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friendship
george
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Tamora Pierce |
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a54a438
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Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male - I hesitate to say 'man' - or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies?" One of the new women snorted. Others snickered. Kel looked at the man, who was momentarily speechless. "If I disagree with you, should I place blame on the misworkings of your manhood? Or do I refrain from so serious an insul..
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mysogyny
sexism
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28b1181
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And now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about." "Everyone keep warning me about sailors," I complained. "Why can't someone tell the sailors to stay clear of me?" Granny snorted. "Oh, you're the fierce one now! Just take care no one else catches you unawares and knocks you on the nob!"
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sex
men
warning
humor
sailors
grandmother
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Tamora Pierce |
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595236f
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Nawat grinned. "I was helping to steal soldiers who couldn't keep up." "What do you do with them?" she asked, curious. "I haven't heard of bodies being found." "Nor will you," Nawat informed her, sitting on a corner of the worktable. "They were still alive when we gave them to my warriors at the edge of the jungle." He picked up Aly's hand and laced his fingers with hers. "My warriors will be able to say they last saw the missing soldiers ..
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Wenna followed us out. "You've done him some good, Clary, I have to say! He's got color in his cheeks, and he's stepping along as if he was sixty again," she told Goodwin as she walked us to the gate. "You'll come back?" "Of course," Goodwin said. "But thank Cooper for his improved spirits. Once he'd insulted her a few times, he was in the pink."
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grumpy-old-man
visit
elderly
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95e4724
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Oh, Daja," moaned Jory, "you sound just like my parents." She ran from the schoolroom. "Well, there's no reason to insult me, "muttered Daja, half offended." --
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jory
parents
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Tamora Pierce |
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663ed72
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it's your own fault for encouraging him..., you know. Now he thinks he's a human being. Neal of Queens cove
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And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.
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a0ddb8e
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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.
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magic
myrrhtide
lesson
fool
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Tamora Pierce |
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d614e34
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Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift
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morality
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24b65a0
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She glared at him. "Why are you forever asking hard questions?"
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daja
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Tamora Pierce |
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be56ab0
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Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.
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6844085
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A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.
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ae93011
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I--buy, and I sell." "You're a thief."
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gary
thief
george
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Tamora Pierce |
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8393159
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He was overconfident", she told him. "And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they'd have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works." "You won because you were good" he corrected her. "I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat."
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Tamora Pierce |
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502cfb9
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We'll be chopped up before you can say 'King Maggot'.
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Tamora Pierce |
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8479c39
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As I recall, this word's use means somewhere there is a tree that is now a - a two-legger. -Numair Salmalin
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53416fb
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What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beka?" she asked. "I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied."
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comeback
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Tamora Pierce |
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b8e0f4d
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Evvy: "Is she going to eat Jooba-hooba? She looks like she's going to bite him, at least." Briar: "No -- if she bit him, he'd die."
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briar
evvy
jebilu-stoneslicer
rosethorn
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Tamora Pierce |
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24efb3e
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Don't let him upset you," Niko told the four softly. "He's old and he's frightened."
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niko
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Tamora Pierce |
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99b4885
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Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance."
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humor
fighting
falling
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Tamora Pierce |
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e0e2ba6
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You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.
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fe83870
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It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram had told her when they talked about fencing late at night. "Always. Ye don't win with defense--ye only hold the other feller off, or wear him down. Attack and have done with it!" --
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attacking
defense
offense
tactics
fighting
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Tamora Pierce |