How we cite our quotes: (Chapter.Paragraph)
Quote #1
She ran out of her hiding place with the frying pan swinging like a bat. The screaming monster, leaping out of the water, met the frying pan coming the other way with a clang. (1.83)
Little Tiffany's scrappy—she goes up against a creepy river creature even when she knows that it has supernatural powers and could probably eat her with all those teeth.
Quote #2
"Ye dinna ken o'the Quin? An' you the wean o' Granny Aching, who has the hills in her bones? Ye dinna ken the ways? She did not show ye the ways? Ye're no' a hag? How can this be? Ye slammered Jenny Green-Teeth and stared the Heidless Horseman in the eyes he hasna got, and ye dinna ken?" (4.175)
The Nac Mac Feegles are certainly impressed by Tiffany, even though she's rather young. After all, she's the granddaughter of Granny Aching and she's gone up against a couple magical creatures all on her own.
Quote #3
"One Feegle can lift a grown man. You couldn't squash one if you tried." (4.262)
They may be small, but the Wee Free Men are quite physically strong. That's a very good thing, because walking all the way to Fairyland would otherwise have probably taken Tiffany forever.
Quote #4
"Ah, weel," said Rob Anybody. "What's magic, eh? Just wavin' a stick an' sayin' a few wee magical words. An' what's so clever aboot that, eh? But lookin' at things, really lookin' at 'em, and then workin' 'em oout, now, that's a real skill." (7.397)
Even though Tiffany doesn't use magic to enter Fairyland, the pictsies still encourage her and tell her that she's got the necessary skills to defeat the Queen.
Quote #5
I know what you are, said her Third Thoughts. You're something that's never learned anything. You don't know anything about people. You're just… a child that's got old. (11.23)
Tiffany's very astute—which is one area where she triumphs over the Queen. Tiffany can look at the Queen and understand her weaknesses, whereas the Queen just keeps throwing tantrums like a big and scary baby.
Quote #6
"There's no' a thing we canna fight," growled Big Yan. "If it's got a heid, we can gie it a faceful o'dandruff. If it disna have a heid, it's due a good kickin'!" (11.119)
These Nac Mac Feegles really love fighting—and they're good at it too. There's no creature that the Queen can throw at them that they can't defeat, even if the creatures are much bigger than them.
Quote #7
"Objection! I move for a writ of habeas corpus," said a small voice. "And enter a plea of vis-ne faciem capite repletam, without prejudice." (13.113)
The toad seems kind of useless throughout the story, but at the end he really lets his skills show. It seems that the toad has some legal expertise, which comes in handy when the Queen unleashes the most terrifying creatures of all—lawyers.
Quote #8
"And tae think we didna know legal talkin' was that simple," said Rob Anybody. "We could all be lawyers, lads, if we knew the fancy words! Let's get them!" (13.113)
After the pictsies realize that they have a lawyer on their side, they rally together and fight back like they're supposed to. Hurrah and huzzah.
Quote #9
She swung a hand. The Queen tried to stop her, but she might as well have tried to stop a wheel of years. Tiffany's hand caught her face and knocked her off her feet. (13.150)
Once Tiffany has figured out how to beat the Queen, there's no stopping her. Even though the Queen thinks that she's stronger and has more magical powers, Tiffany still manages to knock her down.
Quote #10
She took a deep breath and picked the Queen up. She was aware of things happening, of dreams roaring around her, but they didn't affect her. She was real and she was awake, more aware than she'd ever been. (13.155)
By the end, Tiffany has developed the skills to manipulate dreams herself. She doesn't fall into the same traps anymore—she's way beyond that.