“It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“One thing' Erak said. 'Tell your men to keep their noses clean while they're in Hallasholm. I don't want any trouble.'
Zavac nodded and smiled. 'I understand. This is a quiet town and you don't want the peace disturbed.'
Erak smiled back, but it was like a smile on the face of a shark. 'No. This is a very violent town and if your men cause trouble, my people will break their heads a for them. I don't want to be paying any blood money for damage done to your crew. Understand?'
Zavac's smile faded. He looked for some sign that the Oberjarl was joking, but he saw none. He nodded again, slowly this time.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“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.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“You can always win points; winning people’s respect is a lot more important.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“Neither boy ever intended to speak about the events at the cliff that day. But of course their mothers eventually worked the truth out of them. Mothers always do.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“Only if you're a numbskull."
"Numbskull yourself! Want me to numb your skull with this shovel?”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
“What a brotherband!" he declared. "A thief, a touchy first mate, a shortsighted bear, a joker, two twins who can't tell each other apart, a bookworm and a skirl who doesn't know the right shape for a ship's sail." He beamed at all of them, then added, "I can't think of better qualities in a wolfship's crew.”
― John Flanagan, quote from The Outcasts
John Flanagan
Born place: in Sydney, Australia
Born date May 22, 1944
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“Besides, it seems to me, since my pleasure is more or less a foregone conclusion, the main object of the exercise ought to be your pleasure. A rather elusive creature, I've heard. Fascinating sort of quarry.' 'Wait a minute. You're hunting down my orgasms?' His laughter burst out like a rifle salute. 'Kate. You damned magnificent creature.' He rolled onto his back, bringing me with him. 'Yes, my darling. That's exactly what I'd like to do, on and on until the end of my life.”
― Beatriz Williams, quote from Overseas
“and yet she continues to skip rope in my mind and on my canvases, raising her dark, hopeful face to the sky, innocent of the depth of people’s cruelty toward “the other”—those who, for whatever reason, must swim against the tide instead of letting it carry them. . . .”
― Wally Lamb, quote from We Are Water
“Be nice. Funny. Smart. Generous. Kind. Feed your body with good food. Your soul with good friends. And your mind with new things.”
― Jillian Dodd, quote from Love Me
“For me, this baby was the most precious thing I had ever had. He was my treasure, my joy, my world, my everything now.”
― Preeti Shenoy, quote from It Happens for a Reason
“Love is the sap of the tree of Life.”
― Banani Ray, quote from Awakening Inner Guru
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