Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierceis an American writer of fantasy fiction for teenagers, known best for stories featuring young heroines. She made a name for herself with her first book series, The Song of the Lioness, which followed the main character Alanna through the trials and triumphs of training as a knight. Many of her books have feminist themes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
fall good-friend laughing
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
mother
I bet his mother was a wyvern. -Scamp
war thinking grandchildren
Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.' -Marielle
doubt wizards when-in-doubt
When in doubt, shoot the wizard.
humorous people now-and-then
Every now and then I like to do as I'm told, just to confuse people.
power dear right-place
There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.
stupid men stupid-men
She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.
long wish looks
If you look hard and long, you can find us. If you listen hard and long, you can hear any of us, call any of us that you wish.
girl dog children
Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?" She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax." My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine. "Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need.
cousin brother uncles
Folk caught up in a riot aren't our cousins and sisters, our brothers and uncles. They are part of a big animal with many arms and claws, armed with stones and sticks.
thinking make-you-think excited
You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.
eye want lips
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.
fear mean attention
Fear is a good thing. It mean you're paying attention.
girl fighting feelings
Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel. His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits of passionate melancholy were for Uline. It was hard not to resent the older girl.