--- title: "17 Wells Quotes By John Flanagan" description: "17 Wells quotes by John Flanagan. Plus more from John Flanagan and more Wells sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/john-flanagan-904_ends_you-should-have-left-him-to-wander-sveng_2840924.png" --- > [You should have left him to wander,” Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Would you?” he asked, and Svengal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/you-should-have-left-him-to-wander-svengal-said-coldly-erak-looked-at/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b38/john-flanagan-904_ends_you-should-have-left-him-to-wander-sveng_2840924.png) > [But...what if I mistime it?" Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders." Horace and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/but-what-if-i-mistime-it-gilan-smiled-widely-well-in-that-case-i-ll/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/968/john-flanagan-904_cases_but-what-if-i-mistime-it-gilan-smiled-wi_3046568.png) > [Evanlyn smiled grimly as she thought how once she might have objected to the cruelty of the bird's death. Now, all she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/evanlyn-smiled-grimly-as-she-thought-how-once-she-might-have-objected/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/37e/john-flanagan-904_belly_evanlyn-smiled-grimly-as-she-thought-how_1293569.png) > [Well, we can ride together for a while longer. The highway south is farther along this way. I'll be glad of some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/well-we-can-ride-together-for-a-while-longer-the-highway-south-is/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b2/john-flanagan-904_business_well-we-can-ride-together-for-a-while-lo_78266.png) > [Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/will-raised-both-eyebrows-well-you-learn-a-new-thing-everyday-he-said/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/783/john-flanagan-904_cases_will-raised-both-eyebrows-well-you-learn_1102365.png) > [Erak. The one they call the Oberjarl," the Arridi answered him. Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward, raising his ax threateningly. You'll…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/erak-the-one-they-call-the-oberjarl-the-arridi-answered-him/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/147/john-flanagan-904_done_erak-the-one-they-call-the-oberjarl-the_2548498.png) > [Relax? he repeated incredulously. You're going to fight an armored knight with nothing more than a bow and you tell me to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/relax-he-repeated-incredulously-you-re-going-to-fight-an-armored/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c4/john-flanagan-904_arrows_relax-he-repeated-incredulously-you-re-g_2343249.jpg) > [But if we’re going to kill them all, we might as well make an occasion of it.” Toshak shrugged. “Do as you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/but-if-we-re-going-to-kill-them-all-we-might-as-well-make-an-occasion/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1c1/john-flanagan-904_kill_but-if-we-re-going-to-kill-them-all-we-m_2527991.png) > [Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/best-way-then-is-to-be-waiting-for-them-to-bring-halt-and-the-others/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7f0/john-flanagan-904_bigs_best-way-then-is-to-be-waiting-for-them_90853.png) > [ It's called a sea anchor,' \[Evanlyn\] explained. 'It'll stop us drifting too far.' Alyss was impressed. 'And you said you were pig-ignorant… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/it-s-called-a-sea-anchor-evanlyn-explained-it-ll-stop-us-drifting-too/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c11/john-flanagan-904_anchors_it-s-called-a-sea-anchor-evanlyn-explain_1426534.jpg) > [Halt! How are you? What have you been doing? Where's Abelard? How's Crowley? What's this all about?" "I'm glad to see you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doing-where-s-abelard-how-s/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/john-flanagan-904_displeasure_halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doin_1807765.jpg) > [I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/i-nearly-forgot-ragnak-had-a-further-message-for-you-he-said-if-we/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/john-flanagan-904_battle_i-nearly-forgot-ragnak-had-a-further-mes_2764697.jpg) > [You had this young man with you for... what, six years?" Halt shrugged. "Near enough," he replied. "And did you ever understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/you-had-this-young-man-with-you-for-what-six-years-halt-shrugged-near/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/126/john-flanagan-904_country_you-had-this-young-man-with-you-for-what_2335006.png) > [Gundar seemed to come to a decision. "Well, as my old mam used to say, if it looks like a duck and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/gundar-seemed-to-come-to-a-decision-well-as-my-old-mam-used-to-say-if/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e2f/john-flanagan-904_decision_gundar-seemed-to-come-to-a-decision-well_382145.png) > [Well I'm not dancing," Will said through gritted teeth. "I don't know how." Oh yes you are," Alyss told him. "Let's hope…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/well-i-m-not-dancing-will-said-through-gritted-teeth-i-don-t-know-how/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb9/john-flanagan-904_assembly_well-i-m-not-dancing-will-said-through-g_75492.jpg) > [Halt," said the elegant diplomat, "when you asked me to marry you, did you think we could just sneak off to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/halt-said-the-elegant-diplomat-when-you-asked-me-to-marry-you-did-you/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ca0/john-flanagan-904_being-wise_halt-said-the-elegant-diplomat-when-you_2779667.png) > [Once again Erak bellowed with laughter. "Your master here went nearly the same shade of green as his cloak," he told Will.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/once-again-erak-bellowed-with-laughter-your-master-here-went-nearly/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffc/john-flanagan-904_cloaks_once-again-erak-bellowed-with-laughter-y_1526488.png) ## Other authors on Wells ## More by John Flanagan > [What about you three, where are you going?" Even before Halt answered, Will knew what he was going to say. But that didn't make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/what-about-you-three-where-are-you-going-even-before-halt-answered/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [“There's a tavern by the docks. He's there most evenings." "Then I'll talk to him tonight," Halt said. "You can try. But he's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/there-s-a-tavern-by-the-docks-he-s-there-most-evenings-then-i-ll-talk/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [The sun was trembling on the brink of the world, the shadows at their longest, and they still had several kilometers to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/the-sun-was-trembling-on-the-brink-of-the-world-the-shadows-at-their/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [We're going to see Ragnak," Halt told him. "He's going to have to promise to free every slave who fights for Hallasholm." Will shook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/we-re-going-to-see-ragnak-halt-told-him-he-s-going-to-have-to-promise/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [“We must wait," she said. "They are involved in important buisness." Her tone was serious, almost reverntial. The two of them stopped, some five…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/we-must-wait-she-said-they-are-involved-in-important-buisness-her/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [So I'm an ace?' Will grinned. 'I'm flattered Halt, flattered. I had no idea you regarded me so highly.' Halt gave him a long-suffering…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/so-i-m-an-ace-will-grinned-i-m-flattered-halt-flattered-i-had-no-idea/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [“Damn! I hate farewells!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/damn-i-hate-farewells/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [“They sailed into Raguza and Hal said, as bold as brass, “We’ve come to challenge Zavac and we plan to kick his—”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/they-sailed-into-raguza-and-hal-said-as-bold-as-brass-we-ve-come-to/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [Are there bears in these mountains?" he asked. His companion nodded. "Of course. But it's a bit early in the year for them to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/are-there-bears-in-these-mountains-he-asked-his-companion-nodded-of/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [Well I'm not dancing," Will said through gritted teeth. "I don't know how." Oh yes you are," Alyss told him. "Let's hope you're a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/well-i-m-not-dancing-will-said-through-gritted-teeth-i-don-t-know-how/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/the-battle-if-you-could-call-it-that-lasted-no-more-than-a-few-seconds/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [Well, we can ride together for a while longer. The highway south is farther along this way. I'll be glad of some cheerful company."…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/well-we-can-ride-together-for-a-while-longer-the-highway-south-is/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [“Does it matter?" Halt asked. Horace shrugged. "Not really, I suppose. I just wondered why you'd gone to the kitchen and why you took…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/does-it-matter-halt-asked-horace-shrugged-not-really-i-suppose-i-just/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [Maybe we should have gone with him," he said, a few minutes after his friend was lost to sight. "Three of us would make…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/maybe-we-should-have-gone-with-him-he-said-a-few-minutes-after-his/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) > [Best way then is to be waiting for them to bring Halt and the others out of that prison,” he said, almost to himself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/best-way-then-is-to-be-waiting-for-them-to-bring-halt-and-the-others/) [John Flanagan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-flanagan/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/wells/john-flanagan/#itemlist", "name": "17 Wells Quotes By John Flanagan", "numberOfItems": 17, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "You should have left him to wander,” Svengal said coldly. Erak looked at him, eyebrows raised. “Would you?” he asked, and Svengal hesitated. 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Impulsively, Axl took a pace forward…” — John Flanagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 7, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Relax? he repeated incredulously. You're going to fight an armored knight with nothing more than a bow and you tell me to relax? 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He had learned years ago that it was, for Halt, the equivalent of a smile.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Flanagan" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-flanagan/halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doing-where-s-abelard-how-s/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/john-flanagan-904_displeasure_halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doin_1807765.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/john-flanagan-904_displeasure_halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doin_1807765.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff7/john-flanagan-904_displeasure_halt-how-are-you-what-have-you-been-doin_1807765.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Halt! How are you? What have you been doing? Where's Abelard? How's Crowley? What's this all about?\" \"I'm…” — John Flanagan", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 12, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I nearly forgot, Ragnak had a further message for you. He said if we lose this battle and loses his slaves as well, he's going to kill you for it,\" he said cheerfully. Halt smiled grimly. \"If we lose this battle, he may have to get in line to do it. 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It's the right place for a channel. If I were digging one, this is where I'd dig a channel. So. . .\" \"So it's probably the channel?\" Selethen said. 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