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Tamora Pierce is 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.

Pierce won the Margaret A. Edwards Award from the Young Adult Library Services Association of the American Library Association in 2013, citing her two quartets Song of the Lioness and Protector of the Small . The annual award recognizes one writer and a particular body of work for "significant and lasting contribution to young adult literature".Pierce's books have been translated into twenty languages. Wikipedia  

✵ 13. Dicembre 1954
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Tamora Pierce: Frasi in inglese

“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.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Wild Magic

Origine: Wild Magic

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

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Tamora Pierce The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Origine: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

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

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Tamora Pierce The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

Origine: The Woman Who Rides Like a Man

“Not one word," Kel warned. "Tobe and I have reached an understanding."
Neal's lips twitched. "Why do I feel you did most of the understanding.”

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“There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places.”

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Origine: Trickster's Queen

“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.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

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

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Tamora Pierce libro Sandry's Book

Origine: Sandry's Book

“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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Tamora Pierce libro Lady Knight

Origine: Lady Knight

“I believe in deeds, not words.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

“Where everyone else sees a straight line, you see a maze, and when I'm done talking to you, the maze starts to make more sense
--Reply by Dove to Aly's silent inquiry”

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“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.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Melting Stones

Origine: Melting Stones

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

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Origine: Tortall and Other Lands: A Collection of Tales

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

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Tamora Pierce libro The Will of the Empress

Origine: The Will of the Empress

“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?”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: 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?”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

“it's your own fault for encouraging him…, you know. Now he thinks he's a human being.
Neal of Queens cove”

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Tamora Pierce libro Page

Origine: Page

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

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

“A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: 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!”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

“You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.”

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Tamora Pierce Lioness Rampant

Origine: Lioness Rampant

“Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be-at court." (Jon to Alanna)”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

“Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Mastiff

Origine: Mastiff

“If we pick a fight, then we're just as bad as them. Combat should be used just to help people who can't defend themselves, period."
"Well, if I don't fight back and they pound on me, then I'm one of the people I should be defending.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Page

Origine: Page

“We can't just act without thinking anymore, Tris. They've been trying to teach as that all along. I guess if we're mages, we can't exactly be kids, can we?
- Sandry after the pirate attack”

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Tamora Pierce Tris's Book

Origine: Tris's Book

“I’m to attend balls and banquets without my squire?" demanded Raoul, all innocence. "I can't handle things like requesting water to shave with, or getting my clothes pressed. I need Kel.”

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Tamora Pierce Squire

Origine: Squire

“Excuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.”

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Tamora Pierce libro Alanna: The First Adventure

Origine: Alanna: The First Adventure

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