Nestor beckoned to me and I dismounted with care.I handed the reins to the boy with thanks. I do not wish to see that hard-charging bag of bones again, unless it is in my soup.
Tamora PierceAnyone who tells you they don't need to rewrite, they're usually the ones who need it worst.
Tamora PierceWell, laddie, if you've let an old buzzard like me hurt you confidence, you couldn't have had much in the first place.
Tamora PierceHe was overconfident”, she told him. “And I won so the gods must have thought I was right. Otherwise they’d have made me lose. You know how trial by combat works.” “You won because you were good” he corrected her. “I find it hard to believe the gods sit forever about the Divine Realms betting on jousts and trials by combat.
Tamora Pierce