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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3) QUOTES

The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3) QUOTES

1 " Didn't they realize that the only way to change things was to act? "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

2 " Men don't think and differently from women - they just make more noise about being able to. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

3 " I am not wise, but I can always learn. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

4 " No can always be changed to yes, but it's very hard to change yes to no. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

5 " Knowing to whom she owed the new warmth, Alanna tried to thank Mari Fahrar. The old woman brushed her words aside. “All things change,” she told Alanna frankly. “It does not hurt men to know women have power, too.” Alanna had to laugh. Until Mari and Farda entered her life, she never realized that the tribeswomen viewed their men not with fear but with loving disrespect. Sometimes she felt that she was the one getting the education, not her pupils. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

6 " The sands drift always, yet the desert remains the same. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

7 " There's plenty more fish in the sea than Prince Jonathan," he told her softly. "And this particular fish loves you with all his crooked heart."
-George to Alanna "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

8 " You ride as a man, fight as a man, and you think as a man-"
"I think as a human being," she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women- they just make more noise about being able to. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

9 " When I say I want time to think, I want time to think!"
Jonathan sighed wearily. "All right, you've had time to think. What's your answer?"
"That I need more time to think! "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

10 " Few people are wise enough to know they might not be ready for such a venture. Too many rush to wed, only to discover they know little about what they're getting into "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

11 " You are a terrifying creature," the Voice told her solemnly. "You do not take your place in your father's tent, letting men make your decisions for you. You ride as a man, you fight as a man, and you think as a man --"

"I think as a human being," she retorted hotly. "Men don't think any differently from women -- they just make more fuss about being able to. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

12 " You’re brave, to admit you don’t know everything and then do something about it. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

13 " Only the man who wishes to be corrupted will fall into evil ways. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

14 " Have you ever noticed that when you try to deny some part of yourself, things fall out so you need that part more than any other? "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

15 " Didn’t they realize that the only way to change things was to act? "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

16 " Men don’t think any differently from women—they just make more noise about being able to. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)

17 " Her tolerance for fools had always been slight, and she was losing the little she had. "

― Tamora Pierce , The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Song of the Lioness, #3)