Tamora Pierce Quotes

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

Marriage is for noblewomen with nothing else to do.

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

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

Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.

It's harder to heal than it is to kill.

Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.

I am not wise, but I can always learn.

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

Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends

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

A library is a gateway to others' minds, hearts, and lives.

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

Alan, you seem to think we won't like you unless you do things just like everyone else. Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?

It's not just children who need heroes.

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.

You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.

Reflect as if you have all of time, even when time is short.

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.

When in doubt, shoot the wizard.

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

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

Scary with you is better than scary without you

Cats aren't special advisers. They advise us all the time, whether we want them to or no.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.