I come from a dysfunctional family, so my views of parents and parenting used to be highly mixed.
Tamora PierceAnd now you're off to Port Caynn. Watch them sailor lads. They'll have your skirts up and a babe in your belly afore you know what you're about." "Everyone keep warning me about sailors," I complained. "Why can't someone tell the sailors to stay clear of me?" Granny snorted. "Oh, you're the fierce one now! Just take care no one else catches you unawares and knocks you on the nob!
Tamora PierceYou get too excited over big flashes, Tunstall. Mages rely on that to make you think they have more power than you.
Tamora PierceWhat 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.
Tamora Pierce