Quotes from John Flanagan

Zo, kijk nou eens wat de kat me komt brengen,' zei hij opgewekt. 'Hoe kom jij in 's hemelsnaam hier terecht, Halt?' 'Wij zijn gekomen om je te bevrijden,' antwoordde de oude Jager. De oberjarl keek vragend naar de leren riemen waarmee zijn vrienden waren vastgebonden. 'Nou, je hebt daarvoor een vreemde tactiek verzonnen dan.

Ooit heb ik hem "Oeps" horen zeggen, toen hij de oren afsneed van iemand die te veel vragen stelde. - Aloom over Will

Halt smiled at him. 'People love talking to me,' he said. 'I'm an excellent conversationalist and I have a sparkling personality. Ask Horace, I've been bending his ear all the way from Dun Kilty, haven't I?

It was said that Gilan could approach to within a few meters of a wide-awake sentry, steal his belt and shoes and leave the man wondering why his pants were falling down and his feet were cold. Horace knew it was an exaggeration—but not by much.

WHERE THE BLIND, BLUE, BLITHERING BLAZES HAVE YOU BEEN?

Wat een gezeur op die formulieren, hè? Maar ik moet doen alsof ik het hardop voorlees. Enzovoort, enzovoort. - Crowley

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him—Alyss on the left cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then glared daggers at each other.

she wondered where the food had escaped to.

Don't you Mother me, Madelyn!" she snapped.

En toen, als bij ingeving, kusten ze hem allebei op een wang - Alyss op de rechter, Evanlyn op de linker - om elkaar vervolgens als twee blazende katten aan te kijken.

Don't you Mother me, Madelyn!" she snapped. Madelyn's shoulders straightened and she stood a little taller. She was two centimeters shorter than her mother, and at times like this, she felt that deficiency put her at a disadvantage. "Then don't you Madelyn me!

Too many of them see it as an "us and them" situation, Crowley had said when he briefed Will for the posting. After all, it is part of our task to keep tabs on them, to assess their battle readiness and their level of skill and training. Some Barons and Battlemasters don't like that. They like to believe they're running their own race and they don't care to have Rangers watching over their shoulders.

The faintest hint of a smile touched Halt's pale face.

A group of servants were busy emptying the privy buckets into the moat when they were startled by a sudden drawn-out cry. They looked up in time to see a scarlet-and-gold-clad figure sail out of a first-story window, turn over once and then land with an enormous splash in the dark, rancid waters. They shrugged and went back to work.

Let it all out. Let's hear the litany of my sins. I'm a terrible girl. I'm irresponsible. I'm a disgrace to the royal house of Araluen.

If you only value my advice when I agree with you, you don't value it at all

My god, she's beautiful,' he whispered to Will. 'Indeed she is,' the young Ranger responded. Neither of them was aware that they were talking about two different people.

was a statement that was almost exclusively said by totally untrustworthy people.

The Slave master named Mahmel Was a nasty kind of thug, so Stiggy dropped a rock on him and squashed him like a bug.

Cassandra sighed and shook her head at his total lack of concern. "You're obviously not a mother," she said. Horace raised his eyebrows. "Thank goodness for that.

Good idea," he said. Then he frowned as a thought struck him. "Have you noticed that Leander puts milk in his coffee?" Halt grunted. "The man's a savage." Crowley raised an eyebrow. "This from the man who laces his coffee with honey?" "Honey is natural," Halt told him. "Milk is little short of an abomination.

Zullen we om de beurt de wacht houden?' stelde ze voor. 'Fijn dat jij je daar vrijwillig voor aanbiedt,' antwoordde hij zonder zijn ogen open te doen. 'Wek me maar over twee uur.' 'Dus dat ik van het zwakke geslacht ben speelt geen enkele rol?' vroeg ze. 'Nee, absoluut niet. Leve de gelijkheid. Bovendien ben ik een oude man, dus heb ik mijn rust nodig... Het zwakke geslacht, tsss. Mijn rug op!' - Thorn en Lydia

an herbalist—

But Hal shook his head angrily. "It's the enemy you don't see that gets you.