Quotes from Tamora Pierce

What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.

I believe that we haven't begun to understand the many forces that bind the physical world, any more than we understand our own minds and what they're capable of.

I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.

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.

If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.

She would have kissed him, if she kissed stupid men.

[P]ride is something only folk with money can afford.

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

What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!

Now to find Tristan, if he survived the excitement. I hope he did. I have some things to say to him, and none of them are 'Goddess bless'. -Numair Salmalin

You look as scary as a buttered muffin.

We're on a hunt, Cooper. When you're on a hunt, you do whatever it takes.

So long as there are nobles and commoners, the wealthy and the poor, those with power will be heard, and those without ignored. That's the world.

You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.

My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'

Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.

I'm of the Samuel Goldwyn school of writing: If you need to send a message, call Western Union. Any messages people take away from my books are the ones they see in them.

Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life.

The fantasy that appeals most to people is the kind that's rooted thoroughly in somebody looking around a corner and thinking, 'What if I wandered into this writer's people here?' If you've done your job and made your people and your settings well enough, that adds an extra dimension that you can't buy.

Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.

Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.

Anyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.

As long as there's life, there's hope.

You have an audience that is fairly well grounded in the real world. You serve them and yourself best by making everything as real as possible.