222 Quotes by Jonathan Stroud

Hey, we’ve all got problems, chum. I’m overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.

So stop worrying about the past. The past is for ghosts. We’ve all done things that we regret. It’s what’s ahead of us that counts.

Sorry for what? Your appearance? Your character? Wait, I bet it’s your smell. Twenty-four hours of terror, violence, chases, and being for all intents and purposes dead plays havoc with the armpits. Don’t let Lockwood step downwind of you tonight, that’s all I’m saying.

This guy’s a drag.” I spoke under my breath. “He sure is.” “Know what I suggest?” “Yep. And the answer’s no. I’m not going to kill him.” “Oh, you’re no fun.

Hippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon’s principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities for satire.

It wasn’t the body,” he said. “I’ve seen worse things in our fridge.

Then I realized he was still holding my hand.

Well,′ Lockwood said, “if you judge success by the number of enemies you make, that was a highly successful evening.

This is an interview, not a boxing match.