The Story Through Quotes

• "You should have been Alanna."
• "You go to the convent...I'll go to the palace and learn to be a knight!"
• "Did you see the city?"
• "Thom was expert at forging his father's handwriting...One for 'Alan,' one for himself."
• "Heal, child...The gods mean for their gifts to be used."
• "If were caught, we'll both be skinned."
• "I'll pass the tests."
• "By the Black God! Were goin' back this instant!"
• "Who's to know? From now on I'm Alan of Trebond, the younger twin."
• "D'you want to see things that aren't there for the next ten years?"
• "I take it I'm to call you 'Alan' now?"
• "They rode into Corus...Keep an eye to your saddlebags."
• "Who me?"
• "She wondered if he really was a theif"
• "Until you are fourteen, you will be a page...If your masters think you are ready, you will be made squire...When you are eughteen, you'll undergo the Ordeal of Kinghthood."
• "I'll be fine...you're sure?...Would I have said so if I wasn't?...Yes."
• "Leave him alone, Ralon."
• "You say, 'yes, Lord Ralon,'"
• "I'd as soon kiss a pig"
• "You have a good taste in enemies."
• "This is Prince Jonathan, lad."
• "Alan, stay close to Gary and listen to what he tells you."
• "A regular scholar."
• "In your free time."
• "I could learn to hate that bell."
• "The only thing I know(to Sir Myles) is that I jump when I'm told to and I have no free time."
• "The word you want is 'odd.'"
• "She was a raw beginner"
• "Were going home...As ye say, Mistress...I'll give it a week."
• "Could--Gary--Gareth--come?"
• "I was wonderin' if you'd fallen into a well."
• "I--buy, and I sell."
• "Friends"
• "But if the advantages were so wonderful, why did she feel like crying?"
• "That Ralon won't like bein' in trouble wiv his Grace."
• "Take it back. Or I'll stuff your mounth with dung--since you like it so much!"
• "Ah. The groung boodied yer nose, split yer lip and punched ye in the eye, all to once."
• "She bloodied Ralon's nose...Ralon broke her arm."
• "I fell down, your Grace...Mithros, boy-- can't you think of a better excuse?...This one works so well, sir. It--it has tradition behind it...Well, sir, you don't believe me and I know you don't believe me, but pride is satisfied all around."
• "All right, then. I won't bolt the door."
• "I'm looking for George"
• "I--I need a favor...If that's what you think I want, I'm off!"
• "It isn't a betin' for Ralon you want? It's a beating he needs."
• "Your first lessin starts now."
• "Liar. Sneak. Coward. Bully...I fight my own battles!...(Alanna kicks butt)...Never touch me again. If you do, I swear--I swear by the Goddess--I'll Kill you."
• "Ralon of Malven has left Court."
• "Then I am--Jonathan"
• (The Code of Chivalry!!!)
• "The Sweating Fever struck."
• "Dark Goddess, Great Mother..."
• "Take his hands. Call him back."
• "Its good to be back."
• "One small dip. Or are you afraid you'll wash off a protective coat of dirt?"
• "Have you ever thought we might like you because you're different?"
• "The king wants him to find out who sent us the Sweating Sickness--not that they'll try something like that again, not with Duke Roger here."
• "Was he (Alan) hiding something?"
• "I feel like more went on in there than just his asking me questions."
• "Protection from the gods!...Go on with you!"
• "Prince Jonathan, this is my friend, George."
• "Are you trying to buy me off, King of the Thieves?"
• "Kings and Princes should be friends."
• "She clised her eyes as Sklaw let out a full-throated roar of laughter."
• "I've seen worse."
• "I've got to see a healing woman right away."
• "You're a-- you're a what!"
• "I let nothing slip...It's Alanna"
• "You're a female. child, no matter what clothing you wear."
• "I'll tell them the truth when I'm eighteen and have my shield."
• "Alanna looked puzzledly at the gold symbol."
• "Two guess as to who's wantin' to see ye."
• "I'd love to go."
• "Get back here! A storm's coming up--and if it's natural, I'm a priest!"
• "How about 'Lightning'?"
• "You accepted something? You?"
• "It's just a blade Sir Myles had around."
• "She realized she didn't dislike the Duke of Conte--she hated him."
• "Give me a few more years, and we'll give uor smiling friend a run for his money. Till then, speak softly to him and let him think you like him."
• "If Duke Roger wants to be king so bad...why doesn't he take the throne now?"
• "Duke Roger asked that Alex be his squire."
• "The Prince should pick him."
• "I yield, Well fought, Alan."
• "You've turned out a matchless swordsman."
• "I'd like Alan to come with us."
• "The boys and Myles were summoned to a meeting with Duke Roger."
• "Not even Roger would have the nerve, and coldness, to send his young cousin to certain death--would he?"
• "He is fair if it kills him."
• "Do the Bazhir always stare so?"
• "This is the sunset room."
• "That is the Black City, the doom of my people for centuries."
• "It's too bad no one has written a history of the Bazhir."
• "Are you coming? I'm going with or without you."
• "That's because I'm the only one with insanity in my family."
• "You cannot keep us here."
• "We are hungry."
• "So. You come armed with teir weapons."
• "Young lion--see your companion for what she really is!"
• "She?"
• "Her clothes were gone."
• "He pulled off his tunic and handed it to her.'Later, Just--who are you?'"
• "So you can die."
• "You give a lot of big talk."
• "Place your trust in the sword--and fight."
• "I supposse you'd like an explanation."
• "Do? I'm not doing anything. As far as I'm concerned, you earned the right to try for your shield a lond time ago. No one will learn your secret from me, Alanna."
• "Not kind, Grateful. Admiring. Your getting my shirt wet."
• "Mithros, Uncle will have fits."
• "I'm your vassal."
• "Roger is my only cousin and one of my best friends."
• "Who do you think I should pick?"
• "Me. You should pick me."
• "Girl, boy or dancing bear, you're the finest page--the finest squire-to-be--at Court."
• "I'll blame it all on you. See if I don't."

More to come from the other books.

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