“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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“Físicamente, vivimos más tiempo que en el pasado, pero la percepción del tiempo es mucho más rápida. Los eses corren, los años vuelan. Algunos están en la cumbre de su juventud psíquica, pero se miran y descubren que tienen setenta u ochenta años.”
― Augusto Cury, quote from The Dreamseller: The Calling
“Issues. The dreaded word. It seemed so innocuous. Issues. Everyone had issues.”
― David Baldacci, quote from First Family
“She sometimes wished she was more thick-skinned, so that she could see nothing, feel nothing.”
― Kavita Kané, quote from Karna's Wife: The Outcast's Queen
“His devotion is complete; he is beginning to sense the confusion that arises from the first fears of what life would be like without her. He knows there can be such a thing, but like the answer to a difficult problem, he cannot imagine it.”
― James Salter, quote from A Sport and a Pastime
“They fear me, Hastings; the criminals of your England they fear me! When the cat is there, the little mice, they come no more to the cheese!” “I don’t suppose the greater part of them even know of your existence,” I said, laughing. Poirot looked at me reproachfully. He always imagines that the whole world is thinking and talking of Hercule Poirot. He had certainly made a name for himself in London, but I could hardly believe that his existence struck terror into the criminal world.”
― Agatha Christie, quote from Hercule Poirot: The Complete Short Stories
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