222 Quotes by Jonathan Stroud

I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni, N’gorso the Mighty, and the Serpent of Silver Plumes! I have rebuilt the walls of Uruk, Karnak, and Prague. I have spoken with Solomon. I have run with the buffalo fathers of the plains. I have watched over Old Zimbabwe till the stones fell and the jackals fed on its people. I am Bartimaeus!

A warm feeling filled me. It was made of tea and biscuits and sudden gratitude.

Here we go,” the Skull sighed. “Cue crisis!

Well, she may think it was her idea, but I’d been looking for an excuse to get you back all winter.

We grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you’ve been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as great as you’ve been told.

I was having dark thoughts about waffles.

Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn’t fit.

The important thing about any book is that you have to have a good story and that it has to be exciting. Then it’s nice to add other levels underneath that people can pick up on.

In my eyes, refusing cake is an immoral act.