I'm sorry," she said humbly. "I haven't wanted to lie to you."" I should hope so. You're the worst liar I've ever met." He thought about it for a moment, then added, "--or the best. Now I'm all confused.

— Tamora Pierce

Isabel: "If you may correct your vision as you like, why do you wear spectacles?" This: "Because I like them. Because I have better things to do with my magic than fixing my vision when ordinary glass will do.

— Tamora Pierce

I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in the' eye, all at once. I said I don't want to talk about it.

— Tamora Pierce

It isn't just children who need heroes.

— Tamora Pierce

It occurred to Seth for the first time that perhaps magic wasn't simply a matter of fires, lightning, and power in the air, if spoken words could also create such a transformation.

— Tamora Pierce

It's always better to attack than to defend," Coral 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!

— Tamora Pierce

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

— Tamora Pierce

I've said it before, and I'll say it again, my lord. You are an evil man.

— Tamora Pierce

I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. That's what living with the Yemenis does to people. They get so well-mannered they won't mention you're crazy.

— Tamora Pierce

I well knew the rules to follow with our training Dogs: Speak when you're spoken to. Keep out of the way. Obey all orders. Get killed on your own time.

— Tamora Pierce