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Tamora Pierce

"What good is magic, if you can't use it to help people?"

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Vera Miles

"Life is all we have, the grace of service to mankind."

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Vera Miles

"The point at which things happen is a decision. In stead of focusing on yourself, focus on how you can help someone else."

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Vera Miles

"Each time we choose to step down for others that is a form of death to self."

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Vera Miles

"Our highest deeds come from helping the lowest people."

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Vera Miles

"A child who goes to school and shares his or her lunch with the classmates, is a billion times greater and more religious than all the book-learned priests, imams, rabbis and pundits in the world combined."

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Vera Miles

"If I choose to bless another person, I will always end up feeling more blessed."

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Vera Miles

"If you want to make a stand, help others make a stand, and if you want to reach your goal, help others reach their goal. Consider yourself and treat others accordingly: this is the method of Humanity."

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Vera Miles

"So you want to improve the world? Then do it. To the next person who crosses your path, say something kind, do something generous, perform a simple act of service. By doing this on a regular basis, you will indeed improve the world."

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Vera Miles

"If everyone only gave a fraction of the compassion their hearts are capable of giving... how much suffering could we alleviate in this world?"

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Vera Miles

"Serving others is one of the bases for you to have or to enjoy a fullness of purpose in life."

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Tamora Pierce
"There is power and there is power, my dear. My power can be vast, in the right places."

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Tamora Pierce
"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."

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Tamora Pierce
"Daja doesn't exactly need to be tested on whether she's honorable or not." "Doesn't she? Don't all of you? This is your first taste of the things which may come from your being powerful mages. People will offer you gold, status, even love. I want to know how you will react. If want to know if your teachers will release greedy, thoughtless monsters into the world."

Morality

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Tamora Pierce
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean--""To speak of it?" asked the K'mir. Diane nodded. "You have to, just to bleed off the poison from the memory."

Emotion

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Tamora Pierce
"Pounce had it easier than any of us. No one noticed a black cat in the street. He stopped here and there to sniff aught of interest. Wherever our Rat stopped, Pounce was there, close enough to see up the Rat's nose. I was so proud. Now there was a proper god, making himself useful!Since my thought might be deemed blasphemy, I said silent prayers to the Goddess and to Mithros. I begged forgiveness and asked them not to misunderstand. Since I wasn't blasted where I stood, I guess they forgave me, or they hadn't heard my blasphemy."

Spiritual

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Tamora Pierce
"Mistresses, have you ever noticed that when we disagree with a male- I hesitate to say 'man'- or find ourselves in a position over males, the first comment they make is always about our reputations or our monthlies?"

Society

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Tamora Pierce
"Gran, for the gods' love, it's talk like yours that starts riots!" I said keeping my voice down. "Will you just put a stopper in it?"She looked at me and sighed. "Girl, do you ever take a breath and wonder if folk don't put out bait for you? To see if you'll bite? You'll never get a man if you don't relax."My dear old Gran. It's a wonder her children aren't every one of them as mad as priests, if she mangles their wits as she mangles mine."Granny, "I told her, "this is dead serious. I can't relax, no more than any Dog. I'm not shopping for a man. That's the last thing I need."

Advice

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Tamora Pierce
"Don't go thinking you can bounce me all over the ground just because I look like somebody's grandmother," the woman said dryly. "Some grandchildren need more raising than others, and I supply it," she grinned, showing very white teeth. -- Esa Bell, Shang Wildcat."

Humor

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Tamora Pierce
"She's all over us like maggots on garbage, just because I interfered with one pickpocket yesterday."

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Tamora Pierce
"You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-""I think as a human being," she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to."

Equality

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