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My Quotes Page from the more .... memorable parts of the books.

From The Song of the Lioness Quartet

Alanna: "Coram, you know Thom dosen't want to be a knight. I do."
Coram: "I don't care if the two of ye want t'be dancing bears. Ye're a girl."

Alanna: "I'd as soon kiss a pig! Is that what you've been doing? Kissing pigs? Or being kissed?"

Prince Jonathan: "You know, I'd almost face old Ylon again than Lord Martin in a temper."
Alanna: "I'll blame it all on you. See if I don't."

Alanna: "I said I fell down."
Coram: "Ah. The ground bloodied yer nose, spilt yer lip, and puched ye in th' eye, all at once. Would ye prefer to say 'twas yer pony?"

Alanna: "I fell down, Your Grace."
Duke Gareth: "Mithros, boy-can't you think of a better excuse?"
Alanna: "This one works so well, sir. It-it has tradition behind it."
Duke Gareth: "It certainly does. I've heard it from every other page I've ever trained."
Alanna: "Well, sir, you don't believe me, and i know you don't believe me, but pride is satisfied all around. Your Grace."

Alanna: "I will one day, sir. I'm getting tired of falling down."

Alanna: "The only thing I know is I jump when I'm told to and I don't have any free time."

Prince Jon: "She's stolen."
George: "Highness, would I do such a thing?"

George: "You're careless, young Alan. But you're polite."

Alanna: "Nobody whipped me. I fell."

Ishak: "We have never seen a woman with such light eyes. Did the water that falls from the sky in the North wash all the color away?"

Prince Jonathan: "I knew you'd come and keep quiet."
Alanna: "That's because I'm the only one with insainity in my family."

Sir Myles: "He would have killed you, but you didn't kill him."
Alanna: "So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid, I wouldn't have time to sleep."

George Cooper: "There are plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jon, and this particulair fish loves you with all his crooked heart."

George: "Why? Why must you go and make me respectable?"

Prince Jonathan: "If I hear one more noble tell me he'd like to see a green city again before he dies...."

Alanna: "Your artwork's improved. The one you did of Delia made her look like a cow. Though now that I think of it, maybe that was your subject matter-"

The Immortals Quartet

Daine: "Does your ma know you're this silly?"
Numair: "The few grey hairs she has on her head are my doing. But- I send her plenty of money, so she can have them dyed!"
Onua: "I hope she beat you as a child."

Alanna: "Three times you shot a mark overhead and hit a mark that moved, in the dark. That's more than just 'fair' shooting."

Numair: "If you do not find a way to organize your mind, at worst you'll go mad. At best, you'll be stupid."

Numair: "That's the palace. Home of the world's most unusual royal couple and their peculair court."

Daine: "Well, excuse me for breathing!"

Numair: "Do you hear her? She wanted to talk to dolphins, so she stopped her own blessed heart! Mithros, Mynoss, and Shakith!"

Daine: "My wondereous book says you're a feline, and a carnavoire, and vertabrate, and a mammal. I wish them that wrote it could smell around here right now and maybe they wouldn't call you all those pretty names."

Daine: "It's fair funny. I've gone from having no home to having too many!"

Daine: "Odds bobs, this is a strange place! Knights who say call 'em by their first names and wizards who light tinder and queens that run around dressed like real people-"

Onua: "The Carthaki emperor can raid us and send monsters against us, but there's no war."

Thayet: "I'm sorry Daine, but it's like ducklings. No offense, children."

Daine: "I dreamed alright.Amazingly clear dreams, like all the ones I've been having here. Amazing and LONG, since I don't remember sleeping much!"

Onua: "Politics. We don't have to mess with that, thanks to Father Storm and Mother Rain. It means you sit down to dinner with enimes and ask how their children are."

Leaf: "Funfunfunfunfun."

Daine: "Ozorne Muhassin Tasikhe! I am fair vexated with you!"

Alanna: "This is a fine welcome you've given me, laddy-buck. Here I am, home from the wars, and you let me be swarmed over by barbarians, whilst you flirt with my friends."

Numair: "Whoever you are, if you're here to kill me, you'll need to do it while I remain prone. Have the decency to be quick about it, so I can get back to my rest."
Daine: "What I've got in mind isn't near so quick as killing!"

Cloud: "This is as lovely as colts frisking in the sun."

Daine: "It's a very great honor meeting you."
Queenclaw: "Of course it is."

Queenclaw: "Don't just stand there. Pet me."

Protector Of The Small

Neal: "If I was useful, you wouldn't know it was me."

Lord Raoul: "This is what I've come to-following little birdies."

Neal: "I suppose I'm being rash and peculair again, but if it means helping my friend, Joren improve his studdies, well I'll just have to sacrafice myself. There's nothing I won't do to further the cause of book learning among my peers."

Neal: "How can I be silent and yet apologize?"

Duke Baird: "You have been royally pounded."
Kel: "You should see the other fellows."
Neal: "There! You see what I have to deal with!"
Duke Baird: "You may have noticed my son has an endless capacity for drama."

Neal: "I've decided. She's insane. The entire palace is insane."






Lord Wyldon: "You fought with Joren, Zahir, and Vinson."
Kel: "Did they say that? How strange. I fell down."

Kel: "My mother cracked us the head with her fan when we fought healers. We figured it was better to just let them do it."

Neal: "You look as bad as I feel. Where's the sunny smile? The 'Hello Neal, isn't it a wonderful day to be alive in the royal palace' pain-in-the-bum greeting I usually get."

Neal: "What possessed you? Why in the name of all the gods in the Eastern and Southern Lands would you start a fight with them?"
Keladry: "I didn't like the shape of Joren's nose."

Neal: "I'd like to find however taught the Stump that extra work builds character and push him down the stairs."

Neal: "Ouch! Well, label me very impressed and ship me to Carthak."

Lord Wyldon: "If you have to throw up, do it outside the wall-the wind can't blow it back in your face."

Neal: "You're the oldest ten-year-old I've ever met."

Kel: "Eat your vegetables. They're good for you."

Neal: "Hello, my ducks. Did you miss us?"

Neal: "You can smack some people in the face with a haddock, and they'll still call it a mouse if a mouse is what they want to see."

Neal: "You are a bloody-minded savage. I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs."

Faleron: "If they've changed things 'round in tilting, I'm going to stick my head in a rain barrel and drown myself."

Circle Of Magic

Sandry: "I am Sandreliene Fa Toren, daughter of Count Mattin Fer Toren, and his Countess, Amiliane Fa Landreg. I am the great-neice of his grace, Duke Vedris of this realm of Emelan, and cousin of her Imperial Highness, Emperoress Berene of the Namorn Empire. You are Esmelle Ei Pragen, daughter of Baron Witten and his lady, Cordelia of house Wheelwright- a merchant house. If I tell you my friend is a lady, then you,"carefully pours milk onto Esmelle's plate," you had better start lapping, kitty."

Niko: "But-knives, Briar?"
Briar: "I need-"
Niko: "Knives?"
Briar: "You don't know what it's-"
Niko: "Knives?"

Tris: "Stop right now! I-I command it! Please?"

Briar: "What's an ini-whasit?"

Street Rat: "Ho, it's a tumble. Town girls, too. Not bad, for town girls."

Niko: "Now, let me ask- have you had a lesson today?"
Tris: "You look very tall from down here."

Tris: "This is so humiliating."

Niko: "No, little bear, do not jump on me. No! I said no! That's a good-now don't start again."

Niko: "Should I ever hear of you indulging in such practices, Trisana, you will regret the day you met me."

Sandry: "Take care of yourself, Uncle. Let your merchants scream in a courtyard where you can't hear them. The exercise will keep them young."
Duke Vedris: "That's my favorite neice!"

Sandry(to Briar): Have some honey. You need the sweeting.
Daja: Better give him the whole pot then.