416 Quotes by John Flanagan

Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you’ll wait your whole life.

I managed to find a spot where we had the wind from astern, a steep head sea on our starboard quarter and the tide race through the narrows at the same time. A few hours of that and our fierce horse soldiers were like little lambs – sick little lambs.

Maybe we’ll catch a dragon in a tadpole net.

Of course you love her!” he’d replied. “She’s been your best friend since you both could walk, and now she’s grown up to be beautiful, talented, intelligent and witty. What’s not to love about all that?

It’s a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

There was a small screened-off space in one corner. Will poked his nose into it and saw a bucket. “What’s this for?” he asked. Horace smiled. “It’s a privy,” he said. “In case I need a nervous wee.

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.

Your dislike for the project will be duly noted, and ignored.

Better to suspect something and find nothing than to suspect nothing and find something.