416 Quotes by John Flanagan

Halt and Gilan looked at him, then looked at each other, and said in chorus: “You’re an apprentice. You’re not ready to think.” Then.

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

People rarely notice what they don’t expect to see.

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

That’ll make Edvin happy. He’s always keen to replenish our stocks of fresh meat whenever he can.” “It’ll make Ingvar happy too,” Stig put in. “He’s always keen to eat it.

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! 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 rationalise it. Recognise it and admit it and learn from it. We never stop learning, none of us. Not even Halt,’ he added, seriously.

Gilan took a deep breath and looked them both in the eye, one after the other. “Jump off the cliff. It’ll be less messy that way.

I will remember this word,” he said. “Shenanigans. It is a good word.

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