Why do boys say someone acts like a girl as if it were an insult?
Stefan spat. Oh, aye, he fell. O' course, Master Ralon helped him fall, several times. Poor li'l tyke didn't have a chance.
Sarra looked at her daughter and said reproachfully, Speaking of war, I never raised you to be always fighting and killing. That's not woman's work.It's needful, Ma. You taught me a woman has to know...
Sadly for my wedding plans, I learned that Nestor is a bardash. I envy the men who enjoy his favors. He has always treated me with friendship which I now value more than my old romantic feelings.
My dear, why send Aly to wait on us? he wanted to know. I know you were busy with your domestic arrangements, but surely one of the girls with experience waiting on the nobility would have served.He s...
Mithros's spear, Kel! he exclaimed. When did you turn into a real girl?You said she was a girl already, muttered one of his cousins...But not a girl-girl, with a chest and all! protested Owen....I've...
Gods curse it, Kel, you heard what he said!I heard a fart, Kel said grimly. You know where those come from. Let it go. -Faleron and Kel
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.
Corus lay on the southern bank of the Oloron River, towers glinting in the sun. The homes of wealthy men lined the river to the north; tanners, smiths, wainwrights, carpenters, and the poor clustered...
You know something? There are sandstorms that strip man and horse and bury them — I've seen them. I saw bones piled higher than my head for the folly of a bad king and those who wanted his throne. I l...
Wouldn't-- Kel began to say, but the words stuck in her mouth. She swallowed and tried again. Wouldn't it be well, not nice to flirt with somebody you don't want to fall in love with?
Threats are the last resort of a man with no vocabulary.
Oh! I'm stupid as well as insane.
Never break a promise to an animal. They're like babies—they won't understand.
Feelings, she learned, were hard to fight. She treasured his smiles and compliments and tried not to dwell on the fact that he gave this things to his friend Kel.His dreamy-eyed gazes, poems, and fits...
Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act?
I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
You turned into a hero when I wasn't watching.
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.
Locks are for the unimaginative.