--- title: "1 Adders Quotes By Brian Jacques" description: "1 Adders quotes by Brian Jacques. Plus more from Brian Jacques and more Adders sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/brian-jacques-4933_adders_the-young-mouse-s-eyes-snapped-open-clea_2145925.jpg" --- > [The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. He struck for Redwall! He struck against evil! He struck for Martin! He struck for Log-a-Log and his shrews!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/the-young-mouse-s-eyes-snapped-open-clear-and-bright-he-swung-the/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/brian-jacques-4933_adders_the-young-mouse-s-eyes-snapped-open-clea_2145925.jpg) ## More by Brian Jacques > [Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/food-to-eat-and-games-to-play-tell-me-why-tell-me-why-serve-it-out/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/so-here-is-my-story-may-it-bring-some-smiles-and-a-tear-or-so-it/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/any-weapon-is-a-good-weapon-as-long-as-ye-can-use-it-with-honor-and/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [You love young ones and babes, I know this. The young will always befriend and admire you...all the young ones of the earth belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/you-love-young-ones-and-babes-i-know-this-the-young-will-always/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Cluny's savage eye.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/are-you-going-to-go-down-on-your-knees-and-beg-for-your-life-old-one/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/i-wanted-to-write-something-visual-that-i-could-read-to-the-children/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [“Go find someone who will care for ye good, to sit quiet by yore side at the fire, an' if he treats ye decent…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/go-find-someone-who-will-care-for-ye-good-to-sit-quiet-by-yore-side/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [“Even the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/even-the-strongest-and-bravest-must-sometimes-weep-it-shows-they-have/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/fate-is-fickle-and-the-company-of-unwilling-friends-short-lived/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [“Peace has gone on too long. Something inside me says that trouble such as these shores have never known is headed our way.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/peace-has-gone-on-too-long-something-inside-me-says-that-trouble-such/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [“Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean…”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/err-sorry-father-abbot-i-tripped-y-see-trod-on-my-abbot-father-habit/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'Tch, tch. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/basil-stag-hare-tut-tutted-severely-as-he-remarked-to-ambrose-spike/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [“Capital," cried Basil. "I could eat a stag, antlers and all. I say they they do make a wonderful nosebag for us wounded heroes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/capital-cried-basil-i-could-eat-a-stag-antlers-and-all-i-say-they/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Sometimes friends do go from us-it will happen more and more as you grow up, Chugg. But if you really love your friends, they're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/sometimes-friends-do-go-from-us-it-will-happen-more-and-more-as-you/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) > [Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-jacques/armel-shrugged-i-suppose-so-brother-but-why-do-creatures-have-to/) [Brian Jacques](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-jacques/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/adders/brian-jacques/#itemlist", "name": "1 Adders Quotes By Brian Jacques", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The young mouse's eyes snapped open, clear and bright. He swung the ancient sword high and struck at the giant adder. 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