Quotes from John Flanagan

Anything you'd like me to do? Grow a beard? Learn to walk like a rooster?" "If you could stop asking facetious questions, that'd be a start," Halt told him. "But it's probably a little late in life for you to do that.

Ik dacht van niet" - dat waren de laatste woorden van heel wat onvoorzichtige reizigers. - Halt

Bitter," he said. "That's a good sign," Jesper said knowingly. They all looked at him. "Medicine is supposed to taste bad," he explained. "The worse it tastes, the better it is for you. Everyone knows that.

Natuurlijk stond Will daar klaar. Want Halt had hem daar nodig. Will zou er zijn, omdat hij Will was - en Will had Halt nog nooit in de steek gelaten.

If you believe that," he said grimly, "then you have never seen Skandians fight, my friend.

Weet je, Arnaut,' zei hij na enige tijd, 'vroeger was je zo'n onschuldige, vriendelijke knaap. Je deed geen vlieg kwaad. Wat is er de laatste tijd toch met je aan de hand?' Arnaut grijnsde breed. 'Wie met pek omgaat, wordt zwart!' riep hij. En dat kon Halt niet ontkennen.

There's another way out of this.

I can see now why Halt enjoyed having apprentices. Should have taken one on long ago myself.

Evanlyn could have kissed her.

Jammer - ik begon net weer aan mijn oude vertrouwde baard te wennen.' 'Die heerlijke wildernis,' flapte Will eruit.

Don't keep parroting at me!' Halt fumed. 'Stop repeating what I say! I asked you "what", so don't ask

bacon is a little like chewing shards of pottery. And the eggs deserved a better fate.

do was let the Ranger get on with thinking, while he took care of walloping anyone who needed to be walloped along the way.

Tax collecting was not something that Erak enjoyed. He was a raider and a sea wolf, a pirate and a fighter.

Rikard nodded. Once Andras and the Raven's crew members left, he thought, he'd give them time to get clear. Then he and his men would head for the Stingray, moored against the quay in the inner harbor. Let Raven's crew do the fighting, he thought. They could keep the enemy occupied while Stingray slipped away.

It's of no consequence to us as long as we delay them for three or four days." "You won't last three or four hours," Halt said flatly, and an ugly silence fell over the small group. The Skandians were too shocked by the enormity of his insult to reply. Erak was the first to recover. "If you believe that," he said grimly, "then you have never seen Skandians fight, my friend.

Let me put it this way. . . . It's not the best. Eating the bacon is a little like chewing shards of pottery. And the eggs deserved a better fate.

Will raised one eyebrow sardonically. 'Glad to hear it,' he said. 'Pity I missed you.

You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." "If you could manage to do it quietly, I'd almost welcome it

Als ik val, val ik,' zei Halt filosofisch. Maar op de een of andere manier maakte dat de klim er niet aantrekkelijker op.

Ze zal Cassandra heten. - Abdis Margrit

And there she was, framed against the bright sunlight reflecting from the snow outside and as breathtakingly beautiful as he knew he would always remember her to be, no matter how long he lived or how old they might become.

Remember, Halt had told him, our task is to assist the barons but our first loyalty is to the King. We are the direct representatives of the King's will and sometimes that may not exactly coincide with local interests. We cooperate with the barons and we advise them. But we maintain our independence from them. Don't allow yourself to become indebted to your baron, or to become too close to the people of the castle.

Wat is jouw wachtwoord?' - Denison ... 'Hier ben ik. En van jou?' - Cedric. 'Joepie-de-poepie.