Mastiff Quotes

“A cat understands how to be pleasant in the morning. He doesn't talk.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“And if they don't believe us, I can give them the ghost eyes, you can go all big and threatening, Farmer can do his cracknob simpleton, and my lady can don her nobleness. We'll do all right.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They're very confused people. I know they are because I've spent years making them that way.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“I met the oddest little fellow today, Alan of Trebond.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“I want to marry her, when I grow up to be a man.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Just because I'm no jaw clacker doesn't mean there should be a ruction put up whenever I have sommat to say.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“If her rump were any stiffer, she'd break it every time she rides', I thought to Pounce.
'If she fell on the steps, they would never be able to put her together again', he replied.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“He has artistry," he repeated. "Because that's what it takes to blow things up. And cook his arm.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“If Cape wasn't your last name, what was your real one?" I asked, deathly curious now. "Ahhhh," he complained. "Pincas Huckleburr.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“He liked me to help him when he did things. He explained what I didn't know, warned me when to stand aside, never told me to get out of his way because he could do it faster, and thanked me for helping. There were moments when he needed me to rescue him, and he never blamed me for it, or got angry about it.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“You get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Turnstall's view of what men could and couldn't do was sometimes odd. Our old parter Goodwin and I agreed that there was no manly or unwomanly, only what you chose to do.”
― Tamora Pierce (Author), Mastiff

“The harder the goal, the more important it is,”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Sweetheart, never listen to what my enemies say. They’re very confused people. I know they are because I’ve spent years making them that way.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“What was unreasonable about asking those that had the coin to build the kingdom up again? They made enough riches off of us.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Pounce moved onto the warm spot I'd left to continue his own slumbers. Even constellation cats like their naps.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff

“Do you want me to claw at the embroidery on their hems until it unravels?" Pounce offered. "I am willing to make that sacrifice for you. The needlework is bad, anyway, and the colors are not well chosen. I would be doing them a favor.”
― Tamora Pierce, Mastiff