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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."
— Dr. Seuss

tags: be-yourself, confidence, individuality, those-who-matter
17,735 people liked it

"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep."
— Tamora Pierce (In the Hand of the Goddess)

tags: alanna, amusing, favorite, philosophy, pierce, tamora
192 people liked it

"Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary!"
— Tamora Pierce (Lady Knight)

128 people liked it

""A wager?" I repeated.
"Yes," he said, and gave me a slow smile, bright with challenge. ...
"Stake?" I asked cautiously. He was still smiling, an odd sort of smile, hard to define.
"A kiss." My first reaction was outrage, but then I remembered that I was on my way to Court, and that had to be the kind of thing they did at Court. And if I win I don't have to collect. I hesitated only a moment longer, lured by the thought of open sky, and speed, and winning.
"Done," I said."
— Sherwood Smith (Crown Duel)

tags: crown, duel, meliara, shevraeth, vidanric, wager
15 people liked it

""Why is it the songs all end with the good people winning, but in life they don't?"
"They don't make songs when the good lose," I muttered. "They make war chants against the bad. So there won't be any songs for us." "
— Sherwood Smith (Crown Duel)

tags: bad, good, inspirational, songs
10 people liked it

"I've faced worse than a dressmaker who breaths fire."
— Jessica Day George

17 people liked it

"He laughed, tried to make it into a cough, inhaled at exactly the wrong moment, and then really did cough."
— Robin McKinley (The Hero and The Crown)

tags: humor-ish-
16 people liked it

"[Harry] had always suffered from a vague restlessness, a longing for adventure that she told herself severely was the result of reading too many novels when she was a small child."
— Robin McKinley (The Blue Sword)

tags: reading
25 people liked it

"He will apologize, or I'll give him a lesson in swordplay he will not like at all."
— Robin McKinley

tags: aerin, perlith, tor
16 people liked it

"The great thing about fantasy is that you can drag dreams and longings and hopes and fears and strivings out of your subconscious and call them 'magic' or 'dragons' or 'faeries' and get to know them better. But then I write the stuff. Obviously I'm prejudiced."
— Robin McKinley

tags: fantasy
19 people liked it

"And none at all has ridden at the king's side since Aerinha, goddess of honor and flame, first taught men to forge their blades. You'd think Aerinha would have had better sense."
— Robin McKinley (The Hero and the Crown)

8 people liked it

"We kings do develop a certain ability to recognize objects under our noses."
— Robin McKinley (The Hero and the Crown)

tags: humor, observation, royalty
5 people liked it

"If you wish, I shall go personally to your City and knock together the heads of Perlith and Galooney."
— Robin McKinley (The Hero and the Crown)

tags: aerin, luthe, sarcasm
4 people liked it

"[Gonturan] is a true friend, but a friend with thoughts of her own, and the thoughts of others are dangerous."
— Robin McKinley (The Blue Sword)

tags: free-will, friendships, swords
4 people liked it

"Remember, if the time should come when you have to make a choice between what is right and what is easy, remember what happened to a boy who was good, and kind, and brave, because he strayed across the path of Lord Voldemort. Remember Cedric Diggory."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
4,766 people liked it

"If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals."
— J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire)

tags: integrity
3,699 people liked it

"Lord Raoul asked me to tell you that if you get yourself killed, he will never speak to you again."
— Tamora Pierce

tags: jousting, kel
86 people liked it

"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"
— Tamora Pierce (The Immortals)

62 people liked it

"But, Sergeant Osbern, Sir, I like my head."
— Tamora Pierce

47 people liked it

"You are a bloody-minded savage. I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs."
— Tamora Pierce

tags: humourous, neal, owen
51 people liked it

"Military folk. The only way you know to solve problems is by beating them with a stick."
— Tamora Pierce

45 people liked it

"You must tell Lady Alanna that sometime. I'd do it from a distance."
— Tamora Pierce

tags: boys, daine, fighting, misogyny, owned-
38 people liked it

"Don't call me 'gentleman'. I work for a livin'."
— Tamora Pierce

tags: cooper, gentry, george, humour
39 people liked it

""When in doubt, shoot the wizard.""
— Tamora Pierce

60 people liked it

"Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?"
— Tamora Pierce

tags: daine, tortall
25 people liked it

"'What's dry?' 'Good question. Next question!'"
— Tamora Pierce

23 people liked it

"I will tell the stork-man."
— Tamora Pierce

tags: cloud, immortals, numair
27 people liked it

"'Do you know, sire, I think that if we live to tell our grandchildren about this war, they will accuse us of making it up.'
-Marielle"
— Tamora Pierce (The Realms of the Gods)

tags: humor
23 people liked it

"'You fed it.' The badger sighed. 'Sometimes I think you'll feed anything.'"
— Tamora Pierce (The Realms of the Gods)

23 people liked it

"I bet his mother was a wyvern.
-Scamp"
— Tamora Pierce (The Realms of the Gods)

tags: insult
16 people liked it

"You've been nipping at cook's wine!!"
— Tamora Pierce

11 people liked it

""A monster?"

"Yeah, And it was cleaning my sweater!"
"Oh, yeah, lucky you were there, we can't have Monsters running around the perseve Washing Sweaters!"
— Rachel Roberts

9 people liked it

"Hello. My name is Inigo Montoya. You killed my father. Prepare to die."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movies
2,199 people liked it

"Inconceivable!"
"You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: funny, humor, inconceivable, movies
1,687 people liked it

"Inigo: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.

Westley: You seem a decent fellow. I hate to die. "
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
623 people liked it

"Life is pain, highness. Anyone who tells you differently is selling something."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: life, pain
623 people liked it

"Inigo Montoya: That Vizzini, he can *fuss*.
Fezzik: Fuss, fuss... I think he like to scream at *us*.
Inigo Montoya: Probably he means no *harm*.
Fezzik: He's really very short on *charm*.
Inigo Montoya: You have a great gift for rhyme.
Fezzik: Yes, yes, some of the time.
Vizzini: Enough of that.
Inigo Montoya: Fezzik, are there rocks ahead?
Fezzik: If there are, we all be dead.
Vizzini: No more rhyming now, I mean it.
Fezzik: Anybody want a peanut?
Vizzini: DYEEAAHHHHHH."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie, rhyming
387 people liked it

"Inigo: I donna suppose you could speed things up?

Westley: If you're in such a hurry, you could lower a rope or a tree branch or find something useful to do.

Inigo: I could do that. I have some rope up here, but I do not think you would accept my help, since I am only waiting around to kill you.

Westley: That does put a damper on our relationship."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie, trust
265 people liked it

"Have fun storming the castle!"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: books, castles, humor, movie
267 people liked it

"Life isn't fair, it's just fairer than death, that's all."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: life
225 people liked it

"(Buttercup kisses the senile King)
The King: What was that for?

Buttercup: Because you have always been so kind to me, and I won't be seeing you again since I'm killing myself once we reach the honeymoon suite.

The King: Won't that be nice. She kissed me!"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
199 people liked it

"You rush a miracle man, you get rotten miracles."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: goldman, humor, max, miracle, movie, william
150 people liked it

"Westley (as he is unsuccessfully fighting Fezzik): Look, are you just fiddling around with me or what?

Fezzik: I just want you to feel you're doing well. I hate for people to die embarrassed."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
137 people liked it

"Who says life is fair, where is that written?"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: fair, life, unfair
132 people liked it

"True love is the best thing in the world, except for cough drops. "
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: cough, drops, love
122 people liked it

"Fezzik: Inigo?

Inigo: What?

Fezzik: I hope we win."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
92 people liked it

"We are men of action. Lies do not become us."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: action, honor, lies, movie
88 people liked it

"Dread Pirate Roberts: Good night, Westley. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

74 people liked it

"I'm not a witch, I'm your wife! But after what you just said, I'm not sure I want to be that anymore!"
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: love, movie, valerie, wife, witch
73 people liked it

"You only think I guessed wrong! That's what's so funny! I switched glasses when your back was turned! Ha ha! You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is never get involved in a land war in Asia, but only slightly less well-known is this: never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha! Ha ha ha..."
— William Goldman (The Princess Bride)

tags: humor, movie
91 people liked it

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