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Alanna: All I know is that I'm to jump when I'm told and I have no free time.Tamora Pierce
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Alanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.Tamora Pierce
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Excuse me, " she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.Tamora Pierce
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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
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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
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We're men, and men aren't born to stand alone.Tamora Pierce
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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
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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
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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
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Moral issues rarely have yes or no answers.- Myles to Alanna when she asks about the GiftTamora Pierce
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Ralon didn't make anyone else put his tack away?" Alex wanted to know. "You didn't see anything straTamora Pierce