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> [“This is what the Problem means,” he went on. “This is the effect it has. Lives lost, loved ones taken before their time. And then we hide our dead behind iron walls and leave them to the thorns and ivy.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/this-is-what-the-problem-means-he-went-on-this-is-the-effect-it-has/)

[Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-stroud/)

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## More by Jonathan Stroud

> [“Let's have the baddish one first,' George said. 'I prefer my misery to come at me in stages, so I can acclimatize on the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/let-s-have-the-baddish-one-first-george-said-i-prefer-my-misery-to/)

[Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-stroud/)

> [Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/ambition-is-all-very-well-my-lad-but-you-must-cloak-it/)

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> [“You think so?" The boy looked down at his cross-legged form. He was sitting straight-backed, legs folded neatly in the manner of an Egyptian…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/you-think-so-the-boy-looked-down-at-his-cross-legged-form-he-was/)

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> [“This is what the Problem means,” he went on. “This is the effect it has. Lives lost, loved ones taken before their time. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/this-is-what-the-problem-means-he-went-on-this-is-the-effect-it-has/)

[Jonathan Stroud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonathan-stroud/)

> [That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/that-did-it-i-d-gone-through-a-lot-in-the-past-few-days-everyone-i/)

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> [The afrit batted his eyelashes with a ostentatious lack of concern. "Indeed? Have you a name?" "A name?" I cried. "I have MANY names!…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/the-afrit-batted-his-eyelashes-with-a-ostentatious-lack-of-concern/)

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> [“Do you remember,” George went on, “what we found in the tunnels beneath Aickmere’s? Aside from a massive pile of human bones.” “I found”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/do-you-remember-george-went-on-what-we-found-in-the-tunnels-beneath/)

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> [The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized. the boy watched them disappear under the hanging white thatch of hair. There, almost coyly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/the-bristling-eyebrows-shot-up-in-mock-surprise-mesmerized-the-boy/)

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> [“John Mandrake was an attractive young man, and the scent of power hung about him, sweet and intoxicating, like honeysuckle in the evening air.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/john-mandrake-was-an-attractive-young-man-and-the-scent-of-power-hung/)

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> [“George,' I croaked, 'are you okay?' 'No. Someone's buttocks are flattening my foot.' I shifted my position irritably.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/george-i-croaked-are-you-okay-no-someone-s-buttocks-are-flattening-my/)

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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/we-grow-up-being-told-about-great-figures-in-our-society-and-as-you/)

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> [Jabor finally appeared at the top of the stairs, sparks of flame radiating from his body and igniting the fabric of the house around…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/jabor-finally-appeared-at-the-top-of-the-stairs-sparks-of-flame/)

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> [“But certainly the two best-known tales in the neighborhood - the key hauntings, if you will - concern the Red Room and the Screaming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/but-certainly-the-two-best-known-tales-in-the-neighborhood-the-key/)

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> [“Lockwood stepped aside, his boots crunching across the salt, to stand and study the paper beneath the light. No such luck with George; he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/lockwood-stepped-aside-his-boots-crunching-across-the-salt-to-stand/)

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> [“Water, running - It was observed in ancient times that ghosts dislike crossing running water. In modern Britain this knowledge is sometimes used against…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonathan-stroud/water-running-it-was-observed-in-ancient-times-that-ghosts-dislike/)

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