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    Tamora Pierce
    “Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Melting Stones
    tags: humor, obedience
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    Tamora Pierce
    “Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Lady Knight
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    Tamora Pierce
    “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
    tags: alanna, amusing, philosophy, tamora-pierce
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    Tamora Pierce
    “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 , Trickster's Choice
    tags: aly, cat, cats, curiosity, fesgao
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    Tamora Pierce
    “Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much--all of it wrong.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Emperor Mage
    tags: everyone, humor, scholar
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    Tamora Pierce
    “Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again.”
    ― Tamora Pierce
    tags: jousting, kel
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    Tamora Pierce
    “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
    tags: interruption, reading, sandry, talk, tris
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    Tamora Pierce
    “I suppose he could have changed," Neal said dryly. "I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil." The other pages snorted.

    Kel eyed her friend. "You do look yellow around the edges," she told him, her face quite serious. "I hadn’t wanted to bring it up."

    "We daffodils like to have things brought up," Neal said, slinging an arm around her shoulders. "It reminds us of spring.”
    ― Tamora Pierce (Page) , Page
    tags: kel, neal, page
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    Tamora Pierce
    “When in doubt, shoot the wizard.”
    ― Tamora Pierce
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    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
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    Tamora Pierce
    “I think it's fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Wolf-Speaker
    tags: apple-tree, daine, numair, tristan-staghorn, wolf-speaker
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    Tamora Pierce
    “Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?”
    ― Tamora Pierce, In the Hand of the Goddess
    tags: humour, stereotypes
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    Tamora Pierce
    “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, Trickster's Choice
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    Tamora Pierce
    “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
    tags: knighthood, raoul
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    Tamora Pierce
    “A friend had commented once that Neal had a gift for making someone want to punch him just for saying hello.”
    ― Tamora Pierce, Page
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    Tamora Pierce
    “I distrust any advice that contains the words 'ought' or 'should'.”
    ― Tamora Pierce
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    J.K. Rowling
    “If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: charles-bayard-mitchell
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    It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our
    “It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
    tags: abilities
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: dreams, life
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    J.K. Rowling
    “I solemnly swear that I am up to no good.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
    tags: mischief
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: albus-dumbledore, courage, friends
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore
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    J.K. Rowling
    “To the well-organized mind, death is but the next great adventure.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: death, dumbledore, harry, inspirational, philosophers-stone, ron, sorcerers-stone
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    J.K. Rowling
    “It matters not what someone is born, but what they grow to be.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
    tags: dumbledore
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and, above all those who live without love.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: live-death-love
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
    "After all this time?"
    "Always," said Snape.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
    tags: dumbledore, life, love, snape
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
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    J.K. Rowling
    “The truth." Dumbledore sighed. "It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
    tags: truth
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Do you remember me telling you we are practicing non-verbal spells, Potter?"
    "Yes," said Harry stiffly.
    "Yes, sir."
    "There's no need to call me "sir" Professor."
    The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
    tags: humor, rebellion, sarcasm
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    J.K. Rowling
    “Just because you have the emotional range of a teaspoon doesn't mean we all have.”
    ― J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
    tags: hermione
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