Quotes About Understanding

You spoil your horse, Halt said. Will glanced at him. You spoil yours. Halt considered the thought, then nodded. That's true.

And with his arm around the younger man's shoulders still, he led him away from the bow and back to the small group by the tiller. Halt glanced up as they approached, caught a look from Gilan and had a pretty good idea what they had been talking about. "Where have you two been?" he asked, his tone light. admiring the view," Gilan told him. "Thought you might need a hand from the two wisest heads on board.

Bear with me on this, Evanlyn. I know you're anxious about Horace." WIll was a little puzzled by Halt's words. "No more anxious than the rest of us, surely," he said. Halt turned away and raised his eyebrows as his gaze met Selethen's. Sometimes, he thought, his former apprentice could be remarkably slow on the uptake. He saw the Arridi's slow nod of understanding. ~Halt & Will about Evanlyn and Horace

Don't talk to your horse, dear. People are watching," Pauline said quietly. Halt turned a perplexed look toward her. "How do you know when I'm doing that?" She smiled at him. "Your nose twitches." … On the way, Kane [stableboy] kept glancing surreptitiously at the famous Ranger, fascinated by the fact that he kept staring down his nose and tweaking its tip between his forefinger and thumb.

Men... performed better when they understood why they were being asked to carry out a task.

Will was worth at least a few tears from a grizzled old wreck like himself, he thought, and made no move to wipe them away.

Halt, for his part, said nothing. But when Will turned to look at his mentor, the grizzled Ranger met his eye, and simply nodded. And that, Will knew, was the equivalent of three hearty cheers from Halt.

People always find it amusing when they see a friend suffering, Stig thought.

so she let him have the last word. Again.

The men chorused their understanding. Halt studied them for a moment or two, making sure they had all grasped the idea. He didn't want anyone to get carried away in the excitement of the moment and charge down on the massed ranks of Wargals. Cavalrymen did tend to get excited, he knew. But he could see from their faces that they all knew this was to be a feint. "All

Will wondered how Horace could be so calm. He was unaware that Horace was asking himself the same question about Will, feeling the same knotting of stomach muscles. The

Just wanted you to know, there's been no . . . funny business between me and your mam. No . . . hanky-panky, if you know what I mean?" For

Hij zegt dat je geleerd hebt je mond te houden als iemand op je hand gaat staan,' zei hij, terwijl hij bloedserieus naar het bericht keek. 'Ik ben blij dat je dat nu kunt... Hij zegt ook dat ik trots op jou mag zijn.' Ze keek hem weer aan. Zijn gezicht was ondoorgrondelijk en de stilte die er viel begon wel erg lang te duren. Uiteindelijk kon ze zich niet meer inhouden. 'En ben je dat ook?' flapte ze eruit. Will glimlachte. 'Zeker wel. Heel trots zelfs.

Misschien moeten we hem inderdaad maar onschadelijk maken, Will.' Ze zei het met enige aarzeling, maar zo rustig dat Will een beetje schrok. Hij bekeek haar nu met andere ogen, en besefte ineens dat zijn oude vriendin ook een zware opleiding en training achter de rug had, misschien wel net zo zwaar als die van hem.

He" was a girl indeed, Hal thought.

Zoals ik al eerder zei, oudje, doe jij jouw werk nou maar, dan doe ik het mijne. - Lydia, tegen Thorn

Realizing that he was unlikely to ever get the final word with his horse, Halt let the matter drop.

Dat lijkt me nauwelijks een eerlijk gevecht,' zei de baron. Maddie deed expres alsof ze hem niet goed begreep. 'Ik weet het,' zei ze. 'Maar ik beloof hem niet heel erg pijn te doen.

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.

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.

Will nodded. "Good for him.

Wat zou Alyss willen dat ik deed?'... Hij hoorde het haar bijna zeggen: 'Het zijn je vrienden.

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.

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.