222 Quotes by Jonathan Stroud

The Amulet of Samarkand. It was Simon Lovelace’s. Now it is yours. Soon it will be Simon Lovelace’s again. Take it and enjoy the consequences.

According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I’ve never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or defiant you are, at the end of the day you’re also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking.

Besides, if you’re going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style.

It was one of those moments when a great Don’t Care wave hits you, and you float off on it, head back, looking at the sky.

It was a time of beginnings and a time of endings.

If she’d repeatedly fallen over while crossing soft ground, you could have sewn a crop of beans in the chin-holes she left behind.

I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They’re fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It’s an odd mix of fantasy and reality.

Woman, man, mole, maggot – they’re all the same, when all’s said and done, except for slight variations in cognitive ability.

I’m sorry, Miraculous One, it’s difficult to think of new titles for you when you ask short questions.