Humor Quote by Tamora Pierce — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Sometimes there's nothing you can do. [...] Sometimes they don't have enough to fight with.”

“Curse him for being all tight muscle, with ivory skin and a mouth as soft as rose petals. Curse him for having hair as fair as the sun, and eyes as black as night. Curse him for having the grace of a cat and deft, cool hands.”

“You didn't kill him. He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him.”

“Yes Headwoman Azaze. But I never lie to Rosethorn. She, um, discourages it.”

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

“Not too fast," called Raoul. "Let's not scare anyone.”

“Carved above the lintel were the words SCIENTIA POTESTAS EST. Science points east, I wondered? Science is portentous, yes? Science protests too much. Scientific potatoes rule. Had I stumbled on the lair of dangerous plant geneticists?”

“Sections in the bookstore”

“He gave a dark chuckle. “But you’re not, so you had absolutely no qualms about kneeing me in the groin, right?”

“If you're right & I'm not, I'm going to be hell to live with, she said. So, you better think about that next time you want to be right.”

“Half of seeming clever is keeping your mouth shut at the right times.”

“All the time you're saying to yourself, 'I could do that, but I won't,' — which is just another way of saying that you can't.”