Arram Draper Quotes

You have a destiny. You aren't allowed to know it. ~ Tamora Pierce

Come on, Stork Boy, aren't you excited? ~ Tamora Pierce

Ozorne, please don't let him try to make me into a battle mage. I wish you'd told me that's what you wanted." Arram stopped and grabbed his friend by the arms. "I won't do it. I'm not a killer. I'll never be a killer. ~ Tamora Pierce

It is the custom for a master to do this for the student, but not the other way around," Yadeen said when he handed a package to Arram. "It is assumed the student needs every nit he can find, if not for now, when he has a stipend, then later, when he is on his own. ~ Tamora Pierce

Don't make me regret taking you on. If I get irritated, I might drown you a little bit. ~ Tamora Pierce

I know this will be hard, Arram. Do not be heroic. I have often done this on my own with Daleric's people. Sometimes I work here with two mastery students. I--"

"Two mastery students!" Arram cried, as close to hysterics as he had ever been in his life. "Then why not at least bring another instead of using only me?"

Ramasu raised his eyebrows until Arram caught his breath. Then he said, his voice kind and firm, "Because I knew you would be enough. ~ Tamora Pierce

It isn't just we humans and the big animals who have their own gods. The great things of this world--rivers, mountains, lakes, forests--have their own gods as well. The very large ones have more than one god. Old Zekoi is one, because the rivers and streams that come to him have their own gods. If you deal with one god--as you now have--you will see others. Treat them with respect if they come to you. Most will not say as much, but they are often called to battle against Uusoae, the Queen of Chaos. Our tribute, prayers, and respect give them strength to keep fighting, somehow. ~ Tamora Pierce

He had learned a great deal while he was there, it was true. In particular, he had found that he wasn't certain he could stay in a country where slavery was practiced. He had always thought he would manage to avoid it somehow when he left the university, or that he would become used to it. Now he understood he could not avoid it. The university managed to live slave-free, but it was a lie. The shadow of slavery lay over it. The arena was only the very worst of this way of life. Lesser forms of brutality to men and women were everywhere. When people were bought and sold, it was just too easy for free people to treat them as things. He couldn't face that. Sooner or later he would have to leave his friends and his teachers. He could not stay here. ~ Tamora Pierce

We are 'tribals,' Yadeen and me from the Thak heartland, and Hulak, from the grass country north of Jindazhen," she told him. "We use the magic taught by our tribes and academic magic. Book magic. The masters who sneer are too blind to realize the gods and the immortals use no books. They think tribal magic is on the same level as hedge-witchery. They will mock you and do their best to shut you out of their oh-so-learned circles if you admit to taking other magics seriously. Lindhall is all right, and your other teachers. But be careful around the likes of Chioké and Girisunika. If you want to move up in Carthak, you stay clean of the stain of tribal magic. ~ Tamora Pierce

A sudden thought shocked him to the bone. I could leave Carthak when I'm a master. I'd never have to think about the games again. ~ Tamora Pierce

And whenever somebody says I can't do something, I always think, How would I, if that were a possibility? ~ Tim Draper

The more mirror-minded you become, the more your home will reflect shining charm! ~ Dorothy Draper

It's hard to imagine you and Daddy as ever being young and foolish. I figured you just appeared one day, fully grown and knowing all the answers, she teased. ~ Sharon M. Draper

Never look back, except for an occasional glance, look ahead and plan for the future. Success is not built on past laurels, but rather on a continuous activity. Keep busy searching out new ideas and, experimentally, keep ahead of the times, or at least up with them. ~ Dorothy Draper

I start with an idea or a problem or a conflict, or even a situation that might be pertinent to the lives of young people, then the characters grow from that point. I try to make strong characters that change and develop and learn from their mistakes. ~ Sharon Draper

So great was the preference given to sacred over profane learning that Christianity had been in existence fifteen hundred years, and had not produced a single astronomer. ~ John William Draper

It was my intent all along to write a nonjudgmental narrative of Bush's presidency. Along the way, a number of liberal friends of mine expressed disgust that I would spend time on such an endeavor. ~ Robert Draper

Do you know what courage is? I guess you don't. Do you know that the courage it took at that moment - to actually blow yourself away - was more than enough courage to keep on living? ~ Sharon M. Draper

I am in awe of Ruth Draper. ~ Annette Bening

I tried so hard, I farted! Mrs. ~ Sharon M. Draper

The mist has no concept of time. ~ Elyse Draper

Over events, we may have some control, but over the law of life's progress none. ~ John William Draper

Why are some people mean and some people nice?"

"I don't rightly know...But my job is to teach all of you to be the best people you can be... ~ Sharon M. Draper

by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor and The Giver by Lois Lowry. And ~ Sharon M. Draper

There is an unseen river of communication that forever flows
dark and powerful. ~ Sharon M. Draper

Not again, Draper," Frank sighed. "You're not going to stop us from crossing. You and I know that the one thing the Government does even more poorly than provide healthcare is secure its borders. ~ Randy Quarles

Stella wondered how silence could be so loud. ~ Sharon M. Draper

I worked at Sears as a salesperson when I was in college. Makes me nicer to folks to have to stand all day and be nice to picky people. ~ Sharon Draper

I always say the classier cousin of 'Anchorman' is 'Mad Men,' because when you really look at it, why do people really love Don Draper in 'Mad Men?' He's just a terrible guy. But we know why he's terrible, and I think that's really key to why you can be sympathetic to a character. ~ Adam McKay

I don't think of Bush as a particularly angry person - if anything, he has a facility for not harboring grudges, for letting things roll off of his back after momentarily bristling. ~ Robert Draper

Without the local library in my neighborhood, I don't think I would have grown up to be a writer or a teacher. ~ Sharon M. Draper

Stella's father hesitated. "Georgia supports me, but she was a mite trembly this morning. I brought Stella though."He squeezed her shoulders affectionately. "I don't want to just tell her about bravery--I want to show her what it looks like. ~ Sharon M. Draper

She's, like, really, really beautiful, but I don't think she sees that when she looks in the mirror. ~ Sharon M. Draper

The bitcoin world is this new ecosystem where it doesn't cost that much to start a new bitcoin company, it doesn't cost much to start owning bitcoin either, and it is a much more efficient way of moving money around the world. ~ Timothy C. Draper

Earthquake report: Expect big aftershocks - nothing like this has ever been seen before. ~ Sharon M. Draper

Look at that amazing display of sparkle! And feel that wind? It's trying to tickle your toes, ~ Sharon M. Draper

If you are collector, let other people share your pride and joy. Don't sprinkle your collection out of sight in a meaningless jumble. Notice how groups of small objects, when they are well arranged, become important and effective. Remember that repetition is a form of emphasis. Collect what you will, but see to it that you arrange your hobby to its best advantage. ~ Dorothy Draper

I like how a book feels when I turn the pages, and how the ink smells - almost like something good to eat. ~ Sharon M. Draper

I'm able to leave Don Draper at work. I'm quite dissimilar from him in real life. ~ Jon Hamm

I hate that word, by the way. Retarded. I ~ Sharon M. Draper

Earthquake report: Call the paramedics. A girl in fifth grade is about to explode. ~ Sharon M. Draper

Time seems so inconceivably vast, until it crushes, pressing you paper-thin between one broken-heartbeat passed, and the laughter yet to come. ~ Elyse Draper

As a better knowledge of Nature was obtained, the sky was shown to be an illusionBut this did not take place without resistance. At first, the public, and particularly its religious portion, denounced the rising doubts as atheism. ~ John William Draper

All my wealth is in my memories. ~ Ruth Draper

My parents have always blanketed me with conversation. ~ Sharon M. Draper

What I love about the Don Draper character is that he's so real and filled with all these contradictions. ~ Jerry Della Femina

I do research for every single book, regardless. For 'Double Dutch,' I learned to jump and learned the scoring system. For 'November Blues,' I interviewed pregnant teens. I like to get up close and personal with the kids involved in the situations I write about. ~ Sharon Draper

I believe in me. And my family does. And Mrs. V.
It's the rest of the world I'm not so sure of. ~ Sharon M. Draper