Alanna: The Adventure Begins

Alanna- bell rings "I could learn to hate that bell." ~Lady Star

Maude- "Very well. Tomorrow Thom and I will go to the City of Gods." ~Autumn Rose

Myles- "Get back here! A storms coming up and if its natural, I'm a priest!" ~alice Ruby

Ylanda- "In all my centuries, I have never seen such a jest! Young lion see your companions for what she really is!
Jon- She? ~alice Ruby

Alanna-"Pigs might fly."

Alanna- (when Duke Roger questions her about her her sword) "Magic,your Grace? I just like the heft of it. it's lighter than most swords, but-"
Roger- "There's magic in your sword, Alan. It's old magic-" ~Lady Catrina

Jonathan- (when he asks his Uncle if Alanna could go with them to Persopolis) "Because he's my friend. Because I always know where he stands, and where I stand with him. Because I think he'd die for me, and-and I think I'd die for him. Is that enough?" ~Lady Catrina

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

Coram-"I don't care if the two of ye want to be dancing bears! ye're a girl." ~Lady Celeste

Coram- glared at her from beneath his eyebrows. "Go order breakfast. I take it I'm to call ye 'Alan' now?" ~Lady Pixie

Alanna- "I was told pages were supposed to learn manners. Whoever told me must have been mistaken." ~Lady Pixie

Myles- "Hello! You must be Alan of Trebond. You must be very hardy to make it this far on the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here?"
Alanna- "The only thing I know is to jump when I'm told to and that I have no free time." ~ Flick

Alanna- "I fell down, your Grace."
Duke Gareth- "Mithros, boy, can't you think of a better excuse?"
Alanna- "But this one works so well, sir. It has tradition behind it." ~ Flick

Coram- "Yes, and the ground split yer lip, punched ye in the eye and bloodied yer nose. Would you prefer to say that a horse kicked you?" ~Lady Elski

Coram- "Sh-he's Trebond. Stubborn as pigs, all of them. We'd best fetch Sir Myles" ~ Lady Elski

Gary- "Free time is an illusion" ~wildmagedaine

George- "A favor, you say. What's it to be? a throat cutting? Some of my bully boys taking Ralon into an alley for a chat?" ~ Lady Katherina

Jonathan- "A bully fights people littler and weaker than he is because he thinks it's fun." ~ Lady Katherina

Myles- "Get out, This is a sickroom, not a funeral." He glanced at the priests. "For shame. The boy isn't dead yet." ~ Lady Katherina

Coram- "Ye're turnin' into a woman, aren't ye?" ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "I hate swimming!" ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "I don't want to be difficult."
Gary- "Of course you do. It's one of your charms. Come on. We're lagging behind." ~Lady Katherina

Jonathan- "I'm Jonathan-to my friends. Kings and princes should be friendly, don't you agree?" ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "How'd you expect me to be confident if you're bellowing at me all the time about how bad I am!"
Skaw- "Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt your confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place." ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "I'm not a boy." It was incredibly hard to say. "I'm a girl."
George- "You're a--you're a what!" ~Lady Katherina

Alanna - "I don't think we should go in. My sword is--it's humming." ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "That's because I'm the only one with insanity in my family." ~Lady Katherina

Ysandir- "How you roar young lion!" ~Lady Katherina

Jonathan- "I don't think you cried even when Ralon was beating on you, and you were just a little boy--girl. Mithros, I'm confused!" he whislted. "Gods, that's why you never went swimming! All the times you've seen us naked--me naked!" ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "I'm your vassal," she said seriously. "I'll never forget that." ~Lady Katherina

Alanna- "B-but, isn't it different? Now that you know-"
Jonathan- "That you're a girl? No, not in the way you mean. Girl, boy, or dancing bear, you're the finest page-the finest squire-to-be--at Court. I almost had to fight Gary for you. He said it wasn't fair, me getting the best because I'm the prince." ~Lady Katherina

Coram- "By the Black God! We're goin' back this instant, and I'm tannin' yer hide for ye when we get home! Where's that devils'-spawn brother of yours?"
Alanna- "Coram, calm down, have a drink." ~Lady Katherina

Myles- "There's a Dancing Bear in Corus who's almost as shaggy as I am!" ~Lady Maryn

Duke Gareth- "Someday, you might even be able to tell what right is." ~Lady Aerine

Thom- "I would say 'have fun' but I can't seen how anyone could have fun learning to be a knight." ~Lady Aerine

George- "No--Great mithros. Turn around whilst I get clothed."
Alanna- "That's silly. I've seen you naked before."
George- "This is different." ~Lady Rivka

 In the Hands of The Goddess

Alanna-"That's impossible. You can't be-"
Goddess- "And why not? It is time we had a talk you and I" ~Autumn Rose

Alanna-"So? He was stupid. If I killed everyone who was stupid,I wouldn't have time to sleep." ~Lady Celeste

Thom- "You'll have to excuse my sister, Majesties." ~alice Ruby

Alanna-"I have my duty, Highness. This is my home, too. I?m trained to defend it and I will defend it." ~alice Ruby

George- "You're in love with Jon, aren't you? And me a blind fool not to have noticed it before." ~alice Ruby

Alanna- blushes. "George worries about me" she mumbled.
Faithful-"George loves you" ~Lady Pixie

Coram- "If I'd known I'd be traveling with a legend, I would of thought twice about comin' along." ~Lady Pixie

Myles- "You're a good lad, Alan of Trebond. You give an old man hope."
Alanna- "Nonsense. You aren't that old. And I'm not that good a lad" ~Lady Elski

Alanna- "Don't die on me!" ~Lady Elski

Goddess- "There are strange tales about this tree and what passes beneath it ."
Alanna- "I was caught by the storm.This was the first shelter I found . And now I'm sorry I found it . I don't like suprises" ~ Lady Sophie

Faithful- "There must be insanity in my Family too." ~ Lady Cat

George- "Do I believe my ears? Alanna the heartless talking for love instead of against it?"

Alanna- "Don’t tease, George. He’s my brother. I love him."
George- "He knows that. And I, for one, envy him." ~ Lady Adara

Liam- "I’d have to be blind not to recognize a daughter of the Wilima house." ~ Lady Adara

Thayet- "Sadly, I do take after my father." ~ Lady Adara

Alanna- "You just don't want Gary to see me bare."
Jon- "You're right, I don't. Do you? Do you?" ~ Lady Adara

The nobleman smiled cruelly. "I've heard about your bad manners, Alan of Trebond."
Alanna- "Funny. I always herd the men of Tusaine possessed some trace of honor." She glanced at the captain, who was turning beet red. "Isn't it odd how rumor lies?" ~Lady Rina

Alanna-  ( to Jemis and Hilam)- "You both certinaly have a warthogs's manners. Jem there even has a warthog's looks." ~Lady Rina

George- (George pushed her away. two spots of color burned in his cheeks) "this goes too far," he rasped. " I only-- i only wanted you to know how i feel, before you go marchin' off to some battlefield."' ~Lady Elena

Jonathon- "Raoul just wants an excuse. He likes hitting Ralon." ~ Lady Rivka

 The Woman who rides like a Man

Ali Mukhtab-"You ride as man, you fight like man, and you think as a man-"
Alanna- "I think as an human being. Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to." ~Lady Catrina

Halef-"You may kill him. It is your right." Alanna wiped her sweating face.
Alanna- "I won't kill when I don't have to.I hate waste."~Lady Celeste

Faithful- "He (Ali Mukhtab) has very good taste: he likes cats. ~alice Ruby

Jon- "I knew you'd come and keep quiet."
Alanna- "Thats because I'm the only one with insanity in my family." ~ Flick

George- "There are plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan. And this particular fish loves with all his crooked heart." ~Lady Elski

Alanna- "You know what your problem is, Jonathan? You've been spoiled by all those fine Court ladies. It never entered your mind that I might say no!" ~Lady Elski

Alanna- "I'm a girl, too"
Halef Seif- "I have noticed". ~Lady Felicity

Alanna- "Thats sad. Some of the most intelligent women I knew as I was growing were prositutes. I didn't know many noble ladies well, you see." ~Lady Felicity

Coram- "I think I'm leavin' ye in a fairly quiet place," he began as he unpacked in his tent.Alanna waswatching as she scratched Faithfuls ears. "Ye weren'y well enough known here that ye could get into any trouble, and Icome back, and ye're the Mother-blessed shaman of the tribe, ye've adopted three young ones, and ye're forcin the women to accept two of their own sittin' with their men-"
Alanna- "You're turning purple." ~Lady Felicity

 Lioness Rampant

George- "So I finally tamed myself a Lioness."
Alanna-"I wouldn't call it tamed laddy-me-love. The lady of Pirate's Swoop shouldn't be tame." ~Autumn Rose

Liam- "The next time you're told someone is Shang, pay attention." ~alice Ruby

Alanna- "Is this what it means to be the best, Alex?" ~alice Ruby

Alanna- (upon meeting Roger after he'd been brought back to life by Thom) "Hello Roger. You look pale. Not enough time in the sun?" ~alice Ruby

Alanna- "You didn't have to tell me any of this. A simple 'no' would have worked.
Thayet- "A 'simple no'? Alanna, my very dear, you're an incredibly high minded person, have you noticed?" ~Lady Susanna

Coram- "Life used to be simple."
Faithful- "Probably more boring too." ~ Flick

Faithful- "People are the fulcrums on which the future turns. Don't mess it up, I have a reputation to maintain." ~ Flick

Faithful- "It doesn't matter what I think. You'll do what you want to- you always have." ~ Flick

Faithful- "Horses are calmer people. They don't throw things at cats." ~ Flick

Liam- "You don't learn Shang fighting in bed." ~ Flick

Liam- "Gifted one, when it comes to a hero's deed, you don't think small."
Alanna- "Liam? What're you doing next?"
Liam- "Riding with Coram, I expect." ~ Susanna

Alanna- "I hate him! I hate him! It isn't right that one person can hurt someone else this much!"
Thayet- "You scare him. Just when he thinks he understands you, you do something new. He can't put you in a neat little box the way he does the rest of us."
Alanna- "I never asked to be something new to him! I never asked to be anything to him! It just- happened." ~Susanna"

Thom- "Now here's an irony. I raise him from the dead, and seven months later, I look as if I just crawled out of the grave." ~Susanna

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 . . ." ~ Flick

Alanna- "I guess I'm too old to put a frog in his bed." ~ Flick

Roger- "You're cocky, aren't you? Killed anyone lately?"
Alanna "No. Its depressing to come back and find one's work reversed. ~ Flick

Lord Provost- "Girls play at bein' Lioness. I saw one chasin' her brother down the street, wavin' a stick and callin' for the Conté Duke to submit to her sword." ~ Flick

Alanna- "Dead is dead! You can't do anything from a grave!" ~Lady Elski

George- "Why? Why must you make me respectable?" ~Lady Elski

Alanna- "You're flirting with me !"
Liam- "Fun isn't it." ~ Lady Sophie

Alanna- (when she pulled out sketch of Thayet) "You still want to marry me, Sire? Or were you just checking to see if the road is clear?"
Jon- "Don't tease. You know i'd marry you if you said 'yes'."
Alanna- "Then thank the gods that one of us has sense."  ~Lady Rivka

Jon- "Are you positive we wouldn't make a good marriage?" She returned his look, equally serious, and he sighed. "You're right. Still, it would have been interesting."  ~Lady Rivka

Coram- (about Alanna) "she has the bluest blood in Tortall" ~Lady Rivka

Faitful- "Yes, She (Buri) is very much like you at that age."
Alanna- "Surely I didn't think I could beat an army single-handed!"
Faitful- "You still do"  ~Lady Rina

Alanna- "How are things between you and Thayet?
Jon- "Baffling. I don't knoe if she goes riding with me to be polite, or if she likes my company--"
Alanna- "Good. You are too sure of yourself with women. It won't hurt you to have to struggle a bit. ~Lady Rivka

 Wild Magic

Onua- "All you mages are Players at heart, I swear. Can't do the magic unless you have all kinds of robes and props and a big audience to cheer you." ~Lady Mona

Daine- "Gods, this is a strange place! Knights who say call 'em by their first name and wizards that light tinder and queens that run around dressed like real people-" ~Lady Mona

Daine- "Thank you. Trainee Farant, you're missing spots."
Farant- "Not at all, sweetheart. I'm just combing too fast for you to see." ~Lady Mona

Daine-"I'm a fair hand with animals, all kinds." ~Autumn Rose

Numair- "Do you hear her?" Numair asked the clouds. "She wanted to talk to dolphins, so she stopped her own blessed heart! Mithros, Mynoss, and Shakith!"
Onua- "And men say we're emotional." ~Lady Mona

George- "Excuse me," said gravely to the adults. Gripping the Lioness firmly, he bent her back in a prolonged kiss that looked like a romantic scene in a play. Everyone, even the men-at-arms posted along the walls, clapped, whistled, and cheered.
Daine- "Does anyone in this land act like they're supposed to?" ~Lady Mona

Thom (little one)- "Ma, ogres are buge." ~Lady Mona

George- "How big did you say it was?"
Daine- "I didn't." ~Lady Mona

Daine- "No sir, I remember. You threw blue lightning" ~ Lady Felicity

 Wolf Speaker

Flicker- "You should have let me bite the Great Stinky!" ~ Flick

Flicker- "Badgers. They always have to be wiser and grumpier than anyone else." ~ Flick

Daine- about Numair "He has no instincts, only things learned from books." ~ Flick

Numair- "Now to find Tristan, if he survived the excitement. I hope he did. I have a few things to say to him, and none of them are 'Goddess bless'." ~Lady Emylyn

Rikash- (to tristan) "This valley has a disease, one where cute little animals dont act like animals." ~Lady Emylyn

Numair- "Relax. It's only Wake-flower."
Daine- "No flower ever smelt like that!" ~Lady Emylyn

Numair- (upon turning Tristan into a tree) "What kind is he, can you tell?"
Daine- "I think its fair rude, to turn him into a tree and not know what kind he is!" ~ Flick

Faithful- "There must be insanity in my Family too." ~Lady Cat

Daine- "Ive got a two hundred yard range on this. Care to try me? ~Lady Aerine

 Emperor Mage

Daine- "I thought they'd killed you. I lost my temper."
Numair-"Magelet, that is the greatset understandment I have ever heard in my life." ~Autumn Rose

Daine- "did Varice have a chaperon?"
Alanna- "Perhaps she didn't want one for what she here to do." ~Lady Celeste

Daine- "Numair,can I speak to you privately for a moment?"
Numair- "No. Stepping on my foot won't work,either. Do I make myself clear,Prince Kadder?" ~Lady Celeste

Daine- "Numair, you shouldn't have tried to hit him. I don't think he liked it" ~Autumn Rose

Daine- "I doubt it Master Lindhall. I am just a girl with wild magic when all's said and done. When I leave in six days, Carthak won't remember I was here."
Lindhall-"But I will remember, and so will the emperor's birds." Daine- "I couldn't ask for more." ~Autumn Rose

 In The Realm of the Gods

Sarra- "This is your father. This is the god Weiryn." ~Autumn Rose

Numair- "You-you're alive I thought." Daine-"I hurt too much to be dead." ~Lady Celeste

Leaf-"funfunfunfun." ~Lady Celeste

Daine-"I don't know.""It seemed like a nice little bridge. It never dumped us now,did it? And it could've." ~Lady Celeste

Daine- "Do people have visions when they're dead?" Numair- suddenly loses control of his fake calm "I don't know! I've never tried it!" ~Lady Mona

Sarra- "Will you sit? Men! You're so stubborn!" ~Lady Mona

Daine- "Of course. What would a First Bridge be without its own plank-rocking first wind?" ~Lady Mona

Leaf- "Warm. Fun." ~Lady Mona

Daine-"Wonderful more secrets, my favorite." ~Lady Sara Starlight

Numair- "Will you marry me?"
Daine- "Maybe someday, if you're very, very good." Numair- "What if I'm very, very bad?"
Daine- "Still, maybe." ~Lady Page Adriane

Daine- "I hope you find a smart way to fight them. If you don't, I'll find a stupid one." ~Lady Flick

Wolset- "Is that kraken enough for you?" ~ Lady Illene 

Daine- "I'm sorry", she cried, eyes overflowing. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." ~Lady Felicity

Broad Foot- "And why do you weep? You've killed before.
Daine- "And I hate it!" she cried. "Especially when the poor, idiot could do no different!" ~Lady Felicity

 First Test

Kel- "I'll be a hero some day, just like Mama. Just like the Lioness. Nobody will kill two kittens in front of me then." ~Lady Pixie

Wyldon- "You have been told to mind your manners, Page Nealan. I will have an apology for your insolence." ~Lady Emylyn
Neal- bows deeply to Lord Wlydon "An apology for general insolence, your lordship, or some particular offence?" ~Lady Pixie
Wyldon- "One week scrubbing pots. Be silent."
Neal- "How can I be silent and yet apologize?"
Wyldon- "Two weeks. The first duty for anyone in service to the crown is obedience."
Neal- "And I am a terrible obeyer. All these inconvenient arguements spring into my mind, and I just have to make them." ~Lady Emylyn

Alanna- turned to stare at the king."No boy has ever undergone a probation period!"she cried. ~Lady Sara Starlight

Neal- "What possessed you? Why in the name of all the Gods in all of the Eastern and Southern Lands would you start a fight with them?"
Kel- "I didn't like the shape of Joren's nose."
Neal- "There! You see what I have to deal with!"
Duke Baird- "You may have noticed my son has an endless capacity for drama." ~Lady Keirne

Kel- "I'll find my way on my own."
Wyldon- "When I require your opinion..."
Neal -"It's no trouble. None at all, Demoiselle Keladry. My Lord, I apologize for my wicked tongue and dreadful manners. I shall do my best not to encourage her to follow my example. ~Lady Keirne

Neal- I suppose I'm being rash and peculiar, again, but if it means helping my friend Joren improve his studies, well, I'll just have to sacrifice myself. There's nothing I won't do to further the cause of book learning among my peers. ~Lady Keirne

Kel- "Eat your vegetables. They're good for you. " ~ Flick

Kel-"I just want to be a knight." ~Lady Aerine

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." ~ Lady Aerine

 Page

Kel -"I was mad when I chose this life. I was stark raving mad, and my family was too polite to mention it. Thats what living with the Yamani's does to people. They get so well mannered they wont mention your crazy. ~Lady Star

Kel- to Neal "I'm not sure thats a compliment.
Neal- "Neither am I." Kel- "You will pay for that, on the practice courts!"
Owen- to Neal "It was nice knowing you." ~ Flick

Owen- (to his cousins) "Thats Lalasa, Kel's maid. She sews and knows all kinds of ways to hurt you. (to Lalasa) I wasn't trying to be rude."
Neal- "You can be rude without trying." ~ Flick

Neal- "I suppose he could have changed. I myself, have noticed my growing resemblance to a daffodil."
Kel- "You do look a little yellow around the edges. I hadn't wanted to bring it up."
Neal- (slinging an arm around her shoulders) "We daffodils like to have things brought up. It reminds us of spring."
Cleon- "Does dung remind you of spring too, Princess Flower? You needn't manhandle our Kel like that."
Kel- (peeling Neal's arm off) "No thanks. I don't want to crush your petals."
Cleon- (putting an arm on Kel's shoulder) "Crush mine all you like, fair lady."
Owen- (moving between Kel and Neal and putting an arm around Kel's waist) "Me too." ~ Flick

Neal- to Owen "You are a bloody-minded savage. I hope you are kidnapped by centaurs." ~Lady Keirne

Kel- to Uline "I think that I could flirt about as well as my gelding dances." ~Lady Keirne

Owen- "Kel, you're turning into a girl!" ~ Lady Alicia

 Squire

Numair- "when in doubt shoot the wizard" ~Lady Virginia

Cleon- "I've got to talk to mother." ~Lady Adriane

Kel- Not again .{upon seeing she's jousting Lord Wyldon again}
Cleon- "Are you sure you want to die a virgin? We could find a nice private haystack." ~Lady Adriane

Kel- "You mean there has to be a reason for the masters to give us hard work? I thought it was their idea of fun." ~ Flick

Neal- "Kel i am really sorry but I was chosen as the lionesses squire."
Kel- "you, you, did"
Neal- "yeah kel i am really sorry"
Kel- "that's ok" ~ Chris Reilly

Raoul- "I haven't been unsaddled for 10 years." ~Lady Katie

Raoul- "Mithros, no- I just don't joust with him anymore. I have my pride." ~ Lady Aerine

Raoul- "When people tell me a knight's job is all glory, I laugh, and laugh, and laugh. Sometimes I can stop laughing before they edge away and talk about soothing drinks." ~Lady Emeraldrina

Lerant- "My lord only took you because he felt sorry for you. " ~Lady Soren

Raoul- "Silence, insubordinate curs! Do not sully my new squire's ears with your profane tales!" Dom- "Even if they're true?" ~Lady Rivka

Dom- "Your page sponsor was a certain mad cousin of mine."
 Kel- "You're related to Neal?"
Dom- "Sadly yes. I call him Meathead. " ~Lady Rivka

 Lady Knight

 Kel- "It's hard to be brave when you feel the gods have turned their faces from you." ~ Lady Star

Kel- "You all know why we're here. You know the enemy. He will be on us soon. When he comes, we will fight, not for some glorious cause, but to survive. The gods have given us time to prepare, and we must take advantage of every moment of it. Once the enemy comes, how safe we'll be is determined by these walls and the people in them." ~ Lady Merewyn

Chamber of ordeal- "Yes we are finished. Do you think this makes you free of your fate? You are the protector of the small. You see real people in the humans and animals over-looked by your peers. There will always be work for you." ~ Lady Merewyn

Irnai- (about Neal) "If he is like this now, how will he stay calm when his daughter tries for her knighthood?" ~ Lady Merewyn 

Raoul- "We're her for a few days . . . maybe we'll even be her long enough to dry out."
Faleron- "What's dry?" ~ Lady Aerine

Keladry- "You all know why we're here. You know the enemy. He will be on us soon. When he comes, we will fight, not for some glorious cause, but to survive. The gods have given us time to prepare, and we must take advantage of every moment of it. Once the enemy comes, how safe we'll be is determined by these walls and the people in them..." ~Lady Rivka

Keladry- "I LOVE clerks. I'd marry them all if I could."  ~Lady Rivka

He liked to play the cynical, heartless noble, but it was all for show. Kel wouldn't ruin it for him  ~Lady Rivka

Wyldon- "It appalls me to say this, but for the first time I find myself in agreement with Sir Nealan." He warned Neal, "Do not let it go to your head."  ~Lady Rivka

Neal- (came racing up to them, windblown and hands only partially cleaned of blood.) "I'm sorry! I don't tell babies when they're allowed to get born."  ~Lady Rivka

Kel- "Get out of here you nasty thing! Shoo!" ~Lady Zarrina

Raoul- "You know, I thank the gods every day that Daine is on our side," he informed Kel.If ever we've needed a page mage who can get animals to spy and carry messages, it's now." ~Lady Zarrina

Raoul- "No ones's been mad enough to consider it. Most folk can tell if once is more than enough. Why in the name of the Great Mother Goddess do you ask?" ~Lady Zarrina

Kel- "Peachblossom, leave him be!"~Lady Zarrina

Kel- "You would lose that right if he weren't forced to depend on you. He'd be long gone."~Lady Zarrina

Maid- "Miss, you shouldna bother with that un."~Lady Zarrina

Tobe- "Lady? Sounds like you mean to do alll manner of things for me. What was you wishful of me doin' for you?~Lady Zarrina

Alanna- "Good Question"
Allanna and Neal- "Next Question!"~Lady Zarrina

Dom- "Mithros save us. they'll allow just any freak of nature up here, won't they?"

Daine- "Oh, of course you'll agree, You're a warrior. You won't question orders."~Lady Zarrina

Daine/Raven- "I don't know, If it's bad at Giant-Killer, I'll have to get word to Mastiff and Northwatch, I hate to ask when you've so many to mind already, but will you keep an eye on Numair? He'll try to move about before he's rested, and he won't eat proper" ~Lady Zarrina

 Trickster's Choice

George- (on Aly translating coded letters) "Somebody would tell you that's unladylike! But no, not your common-born Da." ~Lady Vampire

Alanna- (on Aly's blue hair) "WHAT have you done with your hair?"
Aly- "It's the latest fashion in Corus! It's the height of sophistication."
Alanna- "It's as sophisticated as a blueberry." ~Lady Vampire

Aly- (at the hostlers) "She's not YOUR mother. You try being the daughter of a legend. It's a great deal like work." ~Lady Vampire

Slave woman- "So were you always mad, or did it come on you when you was took?"
Aly- "I'm told it runs in the family."

George- "Are you ready for supper? Maude had them cook all your favorites."
Alanna- "ALL my favorites? They'll have to roll me north, I'll be so fat."
George- "Ah, but you'll puke it all up on the trip so eat away."
Alanna- "That's disgusting." ~Lady Vampire

Aly- Well, well . . . I have a god. ~Lady Vampire

Kyprioth the Trickster god- "I apologize that we weren't able to meet earlier. I hope your journey here wasn't too harrowing."
Aly- "It was delightful. All lovely and serene, like sleeping on lilies, only without the bees in my nose. You spoke in my dream?"
Kyprioth- "I did. You'll get more. I don't want you to get homesick."
Aly- "but that's so THOUGHTFUL. I'd thank you, but I just don't have the words. Until I find some, you might tell me just who you are supposed to be. Won't that be lovely?" ~Lady Vampire

Kyprioth- "I made certain that you would go to the Balitangs and no one else. I fixed your seeming so that no one else would bid on you."
Aly- "Do you mean I got my nose broken, my eyebrow scarred, and the rest of me all battered for NOTHING?" ~Lady Vampire

Kyprioth- "Of course he never mentioned ME. What sane man wants the people around him to know he's favored of a Trickster?" ~Lady Vampire

Nawat- "I am too young for Sarai, I am not even a month old. Sarai is ancient compared to me." ~Kalverin Dukant

Aly- (to Chenaol) "He's thinking. It will take him a while, since thinking isn't something that comes naturally to him." ~Kalverin Dukant

Nawat- (to Aly) "I know, and Sarai tells me I must sneak up on you." ~Kalverin Dukant

Kyprioth- "I needed her. I couldn't have you trying to rescue her all the time."  ~Kalverin Dukant

Aly- "Kyprioth, I need to talk to you," she said quietly. "we are overdue for a private conversation." ~Lady Sabriel

 Aly- "I hate being quiet. It's so very boring." ~Lady Sabriel

Nawat- "We could mate, in a year our nestlings would be large enough to mob anyone we like. In two or three years we could have still more nestlings, until no hawk will venture near our territory. Shall I court you? Do you like grubs or ants better?" ~Lady Sabriel

 Sandry's Book

Sandry: "Not all nine-fingered girls have hatchets...Some of us just tried to have a conversation with a snapping turtle." ~ Lady Trisana

Dedicate Crane: "Boys aren't permitted back here."
Briar: "But horses are?" ~ Lady Trisana

Sandry(to Briar, adding honey to his porridge): "You need the sweetening."
Daja: "Give him the whole pot then." ~ Lady Trisana

Briar: "Walking with girls...Respectable girls. I can't never show my face in Sotat again."
Sandry: "You're just complaining to be complaining...We haven't done anything to you."
Briar: "Yet." ~ Lady Trisana

Dedicate Frostpine: "I made I speech, didn't I?" ~ Lady Trisana

Master Niklaren Goldeye: "Now, let me ask-have you had a lesson today?"

Tris: "You look very tall from down here..." ~ Lady Trisana

Daja: "I will skin that animal." ~ Lady Trisana

Briar: "We're in tight and we need all our wits!"
Daja: "'Stead of the half one you got, thief-boy?" ~ Lady Trisana

Briar: "We did do pretty go for ourselves, didn't we?"
Daja: "And if we're very, very lucky, we won't do so well for ourselves again."~ Lady Trisana

 Tris's Book

 Daja's Book

Everyone's jaw dropped. The part in her hair, down the center of her scalp, was traced in bright yellow paint of some kind: it ended in a dripping mark on her forehead. Her one good eye was lined in the same color; so too were her mouth, nostrils, and both ears, scarred and unscarred alike. Her neck, wrists, adn ankles all sported chains decorated with small wooden charms. Each charm was painted with an odd deign in bright yellow. Yellow thread was wrapped around the top of her staff; more yellow thread bounded one legging to her wooden limb. Even her toenails and fingernails had been tinted yellow. The color almost seemed to glow, even on the bumps and dents of her scarred face and in the shadow of her ruined eye.
Briar- "What happened to YOU?" ~Lady Elena

Frostpine- "Even if you never made another thing, the Traders will sing your name for generations," he said cheerfully. "Of course, you're going to make plenty more things."
Daja- "I am?" she asked, looking up into his laughing eyes.
Frostpine- "Yes indeed - starting with nails." he ignored Daja's groan. ~Lady Elena

 Briar's Book

In a corner of her mind the noble drew and redrew protective circle in white fire around those she loved. Peering at those within her cirle, Briar recognized himself, Rosethorn, the girls, Lark, Frostpine, Niko, Little Bear, the duke - and DEDICATE CRANE? ~Lady Elena

"Just like a Trader", said Briar scornfully, "always running when things get rough." "Plague comes to town?" That was Tris, a Tris as shrill as a jay. "Traders are the first to leave. I lived with them. I know." Sandry's whisper was faint, as if she were dying. "You can't depend on the Tsaw'ha, not ever." Daja forced herself to her knees, pushing against the fire's lift. Her knees just barely scraping the road, she dropped forward to press her hands to the earth. Molten brass puddled around her fingers, all that was left of her staff. It stuck her to the dirt like glue. "Stop it", she told her friends. "You only want me angry enough to try putting down a root." You could have just asked. ~Lady Elena

Moonstream- "It would be a very good idea if no one ever talked about this,"she said quietly. "A very good idea. This -" she motioned to Rosethorn, who nodded. "This has never happened. I don't know how it did happen, and I don't want to know." ~Lady Elena

 Magic Steps

 Street Magic

Evvy- "Is she going to EAT Jooba-Hooba? She looks like she's at least going to bite him.
Briar- "If she bit him, he'd die. ~ Lady Felicity Anne

 Cold Fire

Matazi Bacanor - "It was a wonderful thing to draw out such devastation." ~ Aura Lee

Heluda Salt- "They like excitement, criminals of this stripe." ~Aura Lee

Daja- "Frostpine, you're naked"
Frostpine- "Naked and warm." ~ Lady Star

 Shatterglass

Niko- (Talking to Tris when she decides she wants to try wind scrying) "...Tris, you do realize that only one mage in thousands can do this? One in a generation?"
Tris- "I have to try,"... ~ Page Gem

Keth- saw a spark crawl out of one of her braids, then another, and another. "Please listen to her," he begged, suddenly as afraid of her as he was of torture. "You won't like it is she loses her temper!" ~ Lady Elena

Dema- "It's in shenos temple, one of them inland religions," she replied, squinting. "Oh, aye the Temple of Ngoi. But Dhaskoi, it's near the crossing of Apricot Street and Honor Street in Fourth District. Out of our boundaries." "I don't care if it's in Piraki," retorted Dema. "Come on."
~ Lady Elena

Tortall Palace

If you have a quote (2 points), post it on the submit board or email me at
Silver_Night_Amaroq@yahoo.com

© Lady Star