John Flanagan Quotes

Got to keep losing horses," he said drowsily. "Bad habit.

Shall I call the others back in?" He nodded. "Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.

What is this Chocho business?' Will muttered to himself. But his friends overheard the comment. 'It's a term of great respect,' they chorused, and he glared at them. 'Oh, shut up,' he said.

Do you have a death wish?" he asked. Will grinned at him. I'm just relying on your judgment," he replied. "I can't keep track of everything in my head.

But...what if I mistime it?" Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders." Horace and Gilan

It would be unthinkably bad luck to be betrayed by a rumbling stomach.

Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,' Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?' Stig: 'I like my head where it is.

Have you seen them?" he asked. Arrow looked at him disinterestedly. Will frowned. Not talking, eh?" he said. "Maybe you're a little hoarse." He cackled breifly at his own wit.

It was safe to assume that the rider would be carrying a weapon of some kind. After all, there was no point in wearing half armor and going weaponless.

Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up" - Will

The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will

Who are you, gaijin? What do you know about honor?' 'I'm called Chocho,' Will said... 'Chocho?' Arisaka shouted, goaded beyond control. 'Butterfly? Then die, Butterfly!

Never take your eyes off them,” Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. “Didn’t MacNeil ever tell you that?

Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself.

It formed into small drops on his weather beaten features, drops that rolled down his cheeks. Strangely, some of them tasted like salt.

Halt Halt," said Gilan stepping out into the open.

Shut up, Axl!" he whispered fiercly. "If you want to break your neck, do it quietly or I'll break it for you.

People will think what they want to," he said quietly. Never take too much notice of it.

I said, names aren't important," he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?" Will shook his head. "Supper is important!

Sometimes people can be too intellegent for their own good. Too much thinking could confuse things.

You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days." Erak to Halt.

Idiots, Halt muttered. If we were here to cause trouble, we could simply ride them both down

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you wish,” he said. “Occasion or not, as long as they’re all dead, I’m happy.

Sometimes, he thought, all you could do was wait.

Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine

He didn't look back. He never did

As he poured carefully, Arrow's head turned toward the sound. The horse made a low grumbling noise in his throat. "Hold your horses," he said. The he laughed. It seemed absurd to say tat to a horse.

My freind is the man who gives me a book I aint read."Abraham Linclion

You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.

Fanatics," Halt said. "Don't you just love 'em?

It was not polite for a Temujai general to allow his emotions to show.

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I have. But not an interrupting one.

If and perhaps.... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action.

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

It's not what I expected," he said. "They're far more organized than our intelligence had led us to believe.

I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living

He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.

She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous.

The mace prodded Will in the back again. That little habit was starting to annoy him and he was tempted to take the weapon from the sergeant major and do a little prodding of his own.

Arm there," she said. "Other arm, idiot. Now hand there...okay, ready? We're going to start with your left foot. On three. One. Two... What the devil is he doing here?

The sun was trembling on the brink of the world, the shadows at their longest, and they still had several kilometers to go.

Let's face it, she can't have simply disappeared...can she?" Horace shrugged. "That's what I keep telling myself," he said morosley. "But somehow it looks as if she has.

Hunting party," Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. "You think?" Will said. "Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him.

He smiled as Will handled the flask gingerly. 'there's a glass bottle inside,but it's padded with straw and protected by the leather covering. It's quite safe. Just be careful how you handle it.

Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.

Yes, I'm back, " he said, "And look who I ran into."Horace grinned at him. "i hope you ran into him hard.""As hard as I could.

I said, names aren't important, " he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?"Will shook his head."Supper is important!

If you're a ghost, " he said, "we mean you no disrespect. And if you're not a ghost, tell me who you are-or you soon will be one

Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday, ' he said reflectively.'In your case, that's no exaggeration, ' Halt said, completely straight-faced.