John Flanagan Quotes and Sayings - Page 1
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“But what if I make a mistake?' Will asked. Gilan threw back his head and laughed. 'A mistake? One mistake? You should be so lucky. You'll make dozens! I made four or five on my first day alone! Of course you'll make mistakes. Just don't make any of them twice. If you do mess things up, don't try to hide it. Don't try to rationalize it. Recognize it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us.”
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“Crowley shook his head. "I sometimes wonder if it was a good idea having Halt train apprentices. He seems to teach them no respect for authority." "Oh, he teaches us to respect authority," Gilan said innocently. "He just teaches us to ignore it when necessary.”
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“If everything is done for me... how will I ever learn?”
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“A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.”
-- John FlanaganSource : John Flanagan (2011). “Oakleaf Bearers (Ranger's Apprentice Book 4)”, p.301, Random House
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“Always expect something to go wrong," he told him. "Believe me, if you're wrong, you're not dissapointed. If you're right, you're ready for it.”
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“Now," said Halt, "all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils." Erak grinned at him. "That should be child's play," he said. "The hard part will be convincing Ragnak about it.”
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“You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.”
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“Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak”
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“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.”
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“It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.”
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“Evanlyn opened her mouth to scream. But the horror of the moment froze the sound in her throat and she crouched, openmouthed, as death approached her. It was odd, she thought, that they had dragged her here, left her overnight and then decided to kill her. It seem such a pointless way to die.”
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“Evanlyn smiled grimly as she thought how once she might have objected to the cruelty of the bird's death. Now, all she felt was a sense of satisfaction as she realized that they would eat well today. Amazing how an empty belly could change your perspective, she thought.”
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“In a month, the passes into Teutlandt and Skanida will be open and my companion and I will be on our way." He paused and Philemon frowned, trying to understand what he was being told. You want us to come with you?" he asked, at last. "You expect us to follow you?" Halt shook his head. "I have no wish to ever see any of you again," he said flatly.”
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“Do you think you could put that boot back on?" he added mildly. "The window can only let in a limited ammount of fresh air and your socks are a tough ripe, to put it mildly." Oh, sorry!" said Horace, tugging the riding boot back on over his sock. Now that Halt mentioned it, he was aware of a rather strong odor in the room.”
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“Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.”
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“You should have left him to wander,†Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Would you?†he asked, and Svengal hesitated. At the end, Toshak had fought well and that counted for a lot of Skandians. “No,†he admitted.”
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“Never take your eyes off them,†Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. “Didn’t MacNeil ever tell you that?”
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“Got to keep losing horses," he said drowsily. "Bad habit.”
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“There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.”
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“It’s a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it.†Like a stage?†Evanlyn suggested. “Maybe they’re planning to put on a play?†Or an execution,†Horace said.”
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“She didn't like the fact that she had reduced a man – no matter how evil he might be—to a drooling idiot.”
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“Then the two friends leaned back and watched the sun rise clear of the trees. “Best time of day,†said Will. Yes,†Horace agreed. “What’s for breakfast?”
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“I'll think of something," he temporized, and Horace nodded wisely, satisfied that Halt would indeed think of something. In Horace's world, that was what Rangers did best, and the best thing a warrior apprentice could do was let the Ranger get on with thinking while a warrior took care of walloping anyone who needed to be walloped along the way. He settled back in the saddle, contented with his lot in life.”
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“Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,†he said, almost to himself. “There’s only one reason I can think of that they might do that,†Umar said. “That’s if they are going to execute them.†Will lookd at him for several seconds before speaking. “Well, that’s a big comfort.”
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“That's a big nose," he croaked and instantly realized he shouldn't have said something so impolite. I must be light headed, e thought. But the face smiled. The teeth seemed inordinatley white against the dark beard and skin. The only one I have," he said.”
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“He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.”
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“He had lost control over his own body, he realized dully.”
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