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Quotes About Humor

Age before beauty,' he said to Halt. The older Ranger's eyebrow rose slightly. 'Pearl before swine,' he replied
~ John Flanagan
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
~ John Flanagan
One day your knees will creak," he told them. Stig looked up at him and rolled his eyes. "If I don't get drowned by my best friend in the meantime.
~ John Flanagan
He imagined many years must have passed since a jongleur had chosen to pinch that ample backside.
~ John Flanagan
That might be a bit of an exaggeration,' she said. 'I can really only knock the head off a gnat. We don't do eyeballs until fifth year.
~ John Flanagan
Malcolm doesn't know everything," he said shortly. Will couldn't help grinning. "And you do?" "Of course I do," Halt replied. " That's a well-known fact.
~ John Flanagan
En hoe weet je dat hij een slechte adem heeft?' Hal keek haar mismoedig aan. 'Hij is een zij, en zij is de halfgod van dans en beweging,' legde hij uit. Lydia trok een wenkbrauw op. 'Ja, van haar kun jij wel wat hulp gebruiken, te oordelen naar de manier waarop jij hier rondstrompelt.
~ John Flanagan
don't suppose it does much for the cows' morale either.
~ John Flanagan
I said you were Sir Horace of the Order of the Oakleaf," Halt told him, then added uncertainly, "At least, I think that's what I told him. I may have said you were of the Order of the Oak Pancake.
~ John Flanagan
You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days.
~ John Flanagan
Maybe they're napping," Horace suggested. Halt glanced sidelong at him. "Farmers don't nap," he said. "Knights nap." "That's where we get the expression 'a good knight's sleep,' " Will said, smiling at his own wit. Halt turned a baleful eye on him. "Horace is right. You're not funny. Come on.
~ John Flanagan
True enough," Horace said. "Let's get on with it, Halt. I'm famished." "Are you ever not famished?" Halt asked, but Horace was already heading for the inn.
~ John Flanagan
I most certainly am not! I wouldn't want a big lump like him riding me. She moved closer to Bumper and whispered, 'Just go along with it, will you? And how do you know my dad is a big lump?' He's a knight. They're all big lumps. But all right, hoist her up.
~ John Flanagan
Struikrovers zijn ook niet meer wat ze geweest zijn,' zei Will met gespeelde spijt terwijl hij Donald duimboeien ombond en hem aan hun kleine stoet toevoegde. 'Waren ze vroeger dan slimmer?' vroeg Maddie. Will haalde zijn schouders op. 'Dat kan toch haast niet anders?
~ John Flanagan
she (Lydia) shrugged and moved away, a slight smile on her face. *Men,* she thought. *They're such boys!* The self-contradiction in that thought totally escaped her.
~ John Flanagan
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
~ John Flanagan
Als ik val, val ik,' zei Halt filosofisch. Maar op de een of andere manier maakte dat de klim er niet aantrekkelijker op.
~ John Flanagan
Herten, konijnen en een oggel-oggel-oggel vogel... Hoe klinkt dat, Ed? - Hal
~ John Flanagan
Geen teken van onze grote harige vriend?' - Thorn 'Tot jij naast me kwam lopen niet, nee... O, bij de harige oksels van Orlog... daar heb je hém weer.' - Lydia
~ John Flanagan
As a jongleur, however, it was totally in character for him to make jokes at the slightest opportunity. Even bad ones. Especially bad ones, he amended.
~ John Flanagan
Flatulence? What's that?' Stig asked. Words of more than two syllables sometimes confused him. 'He farts,' Thorn put in. Stig thought about it, then nodded his head. 'Yeah, well, I can do that.' Hal and Thorn both answered simultaneously. 'We know.
~ John Flanagan
Bij de kalknagels van Gorlog, je stond zo te kotsen dat ik op een gegeven moment dacht dat je jezelf over de reling zou spugen!' Alyss en Evanlyn trokken wit weg en draaiden zich snel om. 'Je weet het weer fraai te brengen, Gundar!' merkte Will op
~ John Flanagan
Jenny, of course, would gravitate immediately to the castle kitchens, domain of Master Chubb, Redmont's head chef. He was a man renowned throughout the kingdom for the banquets served in the castle's massive dining hall. Jenny loved food and cooking, and her easygoing nature and unfailing good humor would make her an invaluable staff member in the turmoil of the castle kitchens
~ John Flanagan
Lady Pauline arched an eyebrow. "It didn't stop you throwing people into moats.
~ John Flanagan