If we just allowed women and men more leeway in our culture and more acceptance, I think they would be able to make better compromises.
Tamora PierceDoes your ma know you're this silly?" she demanded tartly. He nodded, comically sad. "The few gray hairs she has on her head are my doing. But" — with an exaggerated change of mood — "I send her plenty of money, so she can pay to have them dyed!" "I hope she beat you as a child," Onua grumbled.
Tamora PierceExcuse me," she said politely. "But you can't have him. Not yet. He's going to come back with me.
Tamora PierceWhy do you look like cheese, Beka?" Nestor asked me quietly. "We've got help." I was too flummoxed to tell him I hadn't expected help to come so fast. Miracles aren't for the likes of me, didn't Nestor know that? Only the nobility gets them.
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