Jonathan Stroud Quotes

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• Haven't you done enough for a lifetime? Think about it—two power—crazed magicians killed, a hundred power—crazed magicians saved…
• So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.
• That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland
• 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…
• That's usuаllу hоw thеу start, thе young оnеs. Meaningless waffle.
• I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and…
• When I write something that would have made me laugh as a 10-year-old, or would have scared me or would have excited me, I know…
• As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years…
• As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most…
• 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…
• When I was young, I kept a diary for about 10 years and I had to write in it every day. Even on days when…
• Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.
• There was a loud cough from the man on the stand. I replaced My Magic Mirror carefully on his tray, gave him a cheesy smile,…
• The column hung above the middle of the pentacle, bubbling ever upward against the ceiling like the cloud of an erupting volcanoe. There was a…
• Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.
• Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.
• A dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a…
• One magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror.
• According to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly,…
• Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird...but somehow I like his style." "That is a footstool.

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