I am not wise, but I can always learn.
Tamora PierceDidn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?
Tamora PierceTags: change acting change-the-world
Well, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.
Tamora PierceTags: confidence immunity
Hello," he greeted her cheerfully. "You must be Alan of Trebond. You're very hardy to have made it this far the first day. Has anyone said what we try to learn in here?"
Alanna said the first thing that came to her lips. "The only thing I know is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time.
Tags: humor lesson first-day pert
Face it," Gary told her kindly. "You'll never catch up. You just do as much as you can and take the punishments without saying anything. Sometimes I wonder if that isn't what they're really trying to teach us--to take plenty and keep our mouths shut.
Tamora PierceTags: humor lesson punishment understanding
I--buy, and I sell."
"You're a thief.
Tags: diplomacy george thief gary
Ah," Gary said dreamily. " 'Free time.' I've heard about that. Don't fool yourself, Fire-Top. What with extra hours of lessons for punishments, and the extra work you get every day, free time is an illusion. It's what you get when you die and the gods reward you for a life spent working from dawn until midnight. We all face up to it sooner or later--the only real free time you get here is what my honored sire chooses to give you, when he thinks you have earned it."
"And he doesn't give it to you at night," Alex put in. "He gives it to you when you've been here awhile, on Market Day and sometimes a morning or afternoon all to yourself. But never at night. At night you study. During the day you study. In your sleep--
Tags: work dream studying free-time
Stefan shook his head. Th' lad's got guts , he thought. Not much sense, but guts.
Tamora PierceAlanna didn't approve of lying, but in a pinch a lie was sometimes better than the truth.
Tamora PierceHe's got courage," Alex said.
"Courage!" Raoul bellowed. "That coward almost kills him and--
Tags: courage anger alanna alex raoul-of-goldenlake
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