Tamora Pierce цитаты

„Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Melting Stones

Источник: Melting Stones

„Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Lady Knight

Источник: Lady Knight

„You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep.“

—  Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

Источник: In the Hand of the Goddess

„Curiosity killed the cat,” Fesgao remarked, his dark eyes unreadable.
Aly rolled her eyes. Why did everyone say that to her? “People always forget the rest of the saying,” she complained. “‘And satisfaction brought it back.“

—  Tamora Pierce

Источник: Trickster's Choice

„Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Emperor Mage

Источник: Emperor Mage

„Tris: "I was reading."
Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt."
Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.“

—  Tamora Pierce, Briar's Book

Источник: Briar's Book

„Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.“

—  Tamora Pierce

Вариант: I love you, if you get yourself killed, I will never forgive you.

„When in doubt, shoot the wizard.“

—  Tamora Pierce

„A good friend will help you up when you fall. A best friend will laugh and try to trip you again.
- I'm not sure“

—  Tamora Pierce, The Immortals

Источник: The Immortals

„I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Wolf-Speaker

Источник: Wolf-Speaker

„Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?“

—  Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess

Источник: In the Hand of the Goddess

„If you've a story, make sure it's a whole one, with details close to hand. It's the difference between a good lie and getting caught.“

—  Tamora Pierce

Источник: Trickster's Choice

„When people say a knight's job is all glory, I laugh and laugh and laugh. Often I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks.“

—  Tamora Pierce, Squire

Источник: Squire

„A friend had commented once that Neal had a gift for making someone want to punch him just for saying hello.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Page

Источник: Page

„I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.“

—  Tamora Pierce

„There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart."
-George to Alanna“

—  Tamora Pierce, The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Источник: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

„You look as scary as a buttered muffin.“

—  Tamora Pierce

„Military folk," Neal said with exaggerated patience, shaking his head. "The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Lady Knight

Источник: Lady Knight

„The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she's a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends.“

—  Tamora Pierce, книга Cold Fire

Источник: Cold Fire