Top 200 Tamora Pierce Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “As long as there’s life, there’s hope.”

— Tamora Pierce

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2. “I believe in deeds, not words.”

— Tamora Pierce

3. “Without reading, we are all without light in the dark, without fire in the cold.”

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4. “When in doubt, shoot the wizard.”

— Tamora Pierce

5. “Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.”

— Tamora Pierce

6. “I am not wise, but I can always learn.”

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7. “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

8. “Better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it.”

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9. “Without patience, magic would be undiscovered – in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.”

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10. “It’s the only bad thing about animals,” she told Cleon. “Most don’t live as long as we do.” “I know, sweet,” Cleon said, kissing first one of her eyelids, then the other. “But think how bleak life would be without them.”

— Tamora Pierce

11. “Every now and then I like to do as I’m told, just to confuse people.”

— Tamora Pierce

12. “It’s harder to heal than it is to kill.”

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13. “Didn’t they realize that the only way to change things was to act?”

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14. “He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn’t have time to sleep.”

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15. “Don’t threaten someone unless you’re certain you can carry out the threat.”

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16. “Someday I must read this scholar Everyone. He seems to have written so much – all of it wrong.”

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17. “Fear is a good thing. It mean you’re paying attention.”

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18. “It’s not just children who need heroes.”

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19. “A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn’t talk.”

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20. “You are the Protector of the Small. You see real people in the humans and animals overlooked by your peers. There will always be work for you.”

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21. “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.”

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22. “There is a saying in the Islands. Beware the women of the warrior class, for all they touch is both decorative and deadly.-Yuki.”

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23. “I’m not so fond of people myself, Evvy, but I took my vows for a reason. There are two classes of people in the world, the destroyers and the builders. I want to build, not destroy. You need to ask yourself who you’re going to be.”

— Tamora Pierce

24. “The bravest person I know is afraid of the dark. She sleeps with a night lamp always, but if her friends are threatened? She suddenly thinks she’s a bear twelve feet tall and attacks whoever scared her friends.”

— Tamora Pierce

25. “If you aren’t having fun, if you aren’t anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won’t be able to entertain anyone else, either.”

— Tamora Pierce

26. “I’ve written short stories in first person, but you have so much more control writing in third person. Third person, you know what everybody’s thinking. First person is very limiting, and I could never sustain a first person novel before.”

— Tamora Pierce

27. “You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I’d do it from a distance.”

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28. “You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.”

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29. “I would apologize for my rudeness, if I had any manners. Happily, I don’t.”

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30. “Never break a promise to an animal. They’re like babies – they won’t understand.”

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31. “Oh! I’m stupid as well as insane.”

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32. “She decided to be quiet for now. There was a Yamani saying: “You need never unsay anything that you did not say in the first place.”

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33. “I think it’s fair rude to make him a tree and not know what kind he is.”

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34. “Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers. -Myles to Alanna when she asks about the Gift.”

— Tamora Pierce

35. “She has teeth like stars and hair like sheep fuzz.”

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36. “What was unreasonable about asking those that had the coin to build the kingdom up again? They made enough riches off of us.”

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37. “When it was her own doing, she was always tempted to skip a day, or just glance down, then get back to the ground. Kel had to force herself to keep her vow.”

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38. “If I have to ‘catch’ a man to get a husband, I don’t want one.”

— Tamora Pierce

39. “Numair smiled. “Their society is ruled by females. Each pack is led by sisters.” “Sensible of them,” Daine said, grinning up at him.”

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40. “I love meeting fans. They’re always fun, they always have good things to say, smart questions to ask, and plenty of ideas for me to explore in the future.”

— Tamora Pierce

41. “Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.”

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42. “My heart bleeds buttermilk. -Daine.”

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43. “I’m sick of this. Call me what you like, say I’m without honor, I don’t care. I’m not getting on any more horses to whack you people with a stick.”

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44. “No can always be changed to yes, but it’s very hard to change yes to no.”

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45. “You haven’t been bit till a dragon does it.”

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46. “Libraries are places where the damaged go to find friends.”

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47. “I truly love our Code of Chivalry. We are taught that noblemen must take everything and say nothing. Noblemen must stand alone. Well, we’re men, and men aren’t born to stand alone. -Myles of Olau.”

— Tamora Pierce

48. “I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.”

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49. “Scary with you is better than scary without you.”

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50. “Why do I get the feeling that if you give me a hard time, I’ll tell all of our year-mates your family nickname is Meathead?”

— Tamora Pierce