Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"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."
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"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, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Ralon didn't make anyone else put his tack away" Alex wanted to know. "You didn't see anything stra"
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Stefan spat. "Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"I said I fell down. Ah. The ground bloodied your nose, split yer lip, and punched ye in th' eye, all at once. I said I don't want to talk about it."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"I wish you would thrash him. He deserves it."She looked back at him. "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"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?"
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.-Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift"
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"If I say you're a goatherd's son, you say, 'Yes, Lord Ralon.'"Alanna gasped with fury. "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing-kissing pigs? Or being kissed?"
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"It's always better to attack than to defend," Coram 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, Alanna: The First Adventure
"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, Alanna: The First Adventure
"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, Alanna: The First Adventure
"George looked at her for a long moment. Finally he replied, "And why do you find it so hard to think someone might like you and want to do things for you?"
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
"Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time."
Tamora Pierce, Alanna: The First Adventure
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