Quotes from Street Magic

Tamora Pierce ·  300 pages

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“You're more trouble than you're worth."
"I'm a girl. That's my job.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Street Magic


“Briar: "So I guess I was the last to know."
Rosethorn: "Of course you are. You're a man, aren't you?”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Street Magic


“Briar: "They never tell you some things. They tell you mages have wonderful power and they learn all kinds of secrets. Nobody ever mentions that some secrets you don't ever want to learn."
Rosethorn: "All you can do is learn good to balance the bad. Learn and do all the good within your reach. Then, if you wake in a sweat, you have something to set against the dream.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Street Magic


“Evvy: "Is she going to eat Jooba-hooba? She looks like she's going to bite him, at least."
Briar: "No — if she bit him, he'd die.”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Street Magic


“It was time to work on his trees, to brew medicines and weed the rooftop plants before he forgot who he really was in all this running around. (Briar)”
― Tamora Pierce, quote from Street Magic



About the author

Tamora Pierce
Born place: in South Connellsville, Pennsylvania, The United States
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