Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.

— Tamora Pierce

We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.

— Tamora Pierce

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.

— Tamora Pierce

What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?

— Tamora Pierce

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

— Tamora Pierce

What trouble have you brought to my doorstep, Beta?" she asked." I don't see where blaming me for things that began months ago will be useful," I replied.

— Tamora Pierce

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

— Tamora Pierce

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?

— Tamora Pierce

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

— Tamora Pierce

Would I serve you or (Prince) Jon stolen goods? He asked. "No, don't answer me.

— Tamora Pierce