Brian Jacques Quotes

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• Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that…
• My values are not based on violence. My values are based on courage, which you see time and time again in my books. A warrior…
• I still pinch meself when I wake up of a morning...Who ever thought I'd be a children's author -- let alone a best-selling children's author?…
• A mouse is small and can go unnoticed: but there is no limit to what a brave heart and a fearless spirit can achieve.
• A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.
• Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.
• Kids are more drawn to animal characters than human.
• The advice I continually give to young writers is this, "Learn to paint pictures with words." Not just once upon a time, but ... In…
• I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.
• I sometimes think it ironic for an ex-seaman, longshoreman, truck driver, policeman, bus driver, etc... to find success writing children's novels.
• Sometimes, I get ideas from dreams. Often, my stories are based on adventures that I, or my friends, have actually lived.
• I wanted to write something visual that I could read to the children. This was when I created the idea of Redwall Abbey in my…
• I wrote about a bird that cleaned a crocodile's teeth. The story was so good that my teacher could not believe that a ten-year-old could…
• I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.
• So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long…
• I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!
• I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...
• Armel shrugged. "I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?" Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder. "Because there's…
• your lives be as full and happy as ours,and may the seasons be kind to you and your friends. The door of our Abbey is…
• Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

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