“When we return--when I have delivered our discovery--I will give you a book to read about a thing called wild magic," she said drily. "I wouldn't talk about it in the university. It's supposed to be an old wives' tale. Well, I am an old wife. You might be interested, that's all.” BookForeshadowingArram DraperNumairDaineMaster SeboWild Magic Book:Tempests and Slaughter Source: Tempests and Slaughter
“We live in a dark time. Books are as dark as what is available to teenagers through the media every day.” BookDarkMediaAvailableTeenagerDark Times Author:Tamora Pierce
“With each book, in each place, I have to keep an ongoing map as I write because otherwise I don't know where I am.” KnowsWritingBookMapsOngoing Author:Tamora Pierce
“Publishers have realized that, unlike the previous time period, American teenagers are both smarter and require more topical material than they had been giving them before that. For one thing, they'll read thicker books. Besides, has anybody looked at the news or read the newspapers recently?” GivingBookOne ThingMaterialsPeriodsNewsNewspapersTeenagerSmarterPublishersTime Periods Author:Tamora Pierce
“Teen problem novels? I can go through them like a box of chocolates. And there are fantasy books out now that need a lot more editing. Fantasy got to be so popular that people began to think 'We don't need to be as diligent with the razor blade,' but they do.” PeopleThinkingNeedsI CanBookProblemFantasyNovelBoxesChocolateEditingBladesRazorsDiligentFantasy BooksBox Of Chocolates Author:Tamora Pierce
“What people tell me they take away from my books is that they can shape their lives, they can achieve their own dreams. And certainly that's what I want them to take away.” PeopleWantBookDreamAchieveShapes Author:Tamora Pierce
“I'm about to commence four years of obeying the cause of a bruiser on a horse. I refuse to put down what might be the last book I see for months.” YearsBookMightLastsCausesFourMonthsHorseRefuseFour YearsObeying Author:Tamora Pierce
“Books are still the main yardstick by which I measure true wealth.” StillsBookWealthTrue WealthYardsticks Author:Tamora Pierce
