Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierce
Tamora Pierceis 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. Many of her books have feminist themes...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth13 December 1953
CountryUnited States of America
shoes arrogance barefoot
If arrogance were shoes, he'd never go barefoot.
growing-up men want
I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.
reading people way
Tris: "I was reading." Sandry: "You're always reading. The only way people can ever talk to you is to interrupt." Tris: "Then maybe they shouldn't talk to me.
growing daffodil resemblance
I myself have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil.
horse sick people
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.
horse kings men
You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I lived through a blizzard that froze every other living creature solid. Against those things, you're only a man. I can deal with you.
queens riders
Tortall and the Queens Riders!
long wish looks
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.
knows
Shouldn't you know what love's like, before you begin renouncin' it" George Cooper
swimming glasses world
You mortals are like fish swimming in a globe of glass. That globe is your world. You do not see beyond it.
blow arms cooks
He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm.
castle click power rings wedding
My husband and I click wedding rings sometimes and say, 'By the power of the Castle of Greyskull!'
available books
Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.
neil
Neil Gaiman's 'Sandman' just rocked my world in the late '80s and early '90s. I couldn't read them fast enough.