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Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5) QUOTES

Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5) QUOTES

1 " No," Hal said. "The sea is moving constantly and you have to make little adjustments to keep it going smoothly. You can't take it for granted."
"Just like a friendship," she said smiling. And Hal nodded.
"Maybe that's why the word ends in ship," he said. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

2 " Finally, Wulf reacted to the constant staring and head-shaking. “What are you looking at?” he demanded of one young soldier—a youth barely out of his teens. The cavalry trooper pointed to Ulf, who was a few meters away. “That man,” the trooper said. “You look just like him.” Wulf scowled at his brother, then at the young Arridan. “No I don’t,” he retorted crisply. “He looks like me.” Then he added darkly, if not logically, “And he’d better stop doing it if he knows what’s good for him!” Thoroughly confused, the trooper continued "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

3 " Doesn’t matter which is which,” he said cheerfully. “They’re both idiots. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

4 " Jesper was prowling the corridors, examining the locks on the many doors with a professional interest that Hal found disconcerting. He came upon the former thief crouching by a heavy lock that secured a door on the second floor. The lock was far more formidable than the relatively simple ones on the bedroom doors. “Just "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

5 " Maybe we’ll catch a dragon in a tadpole net. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

6 " It was a statement that was almost exclusively said by totally untrustworthy people. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

7 " was a statement that was almost exclusively said by totally untrustworthy people. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

8 " Ik ben Cassandra,' zei ze. 'Ik ben de prinses van deze stapel bakstenen. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

9 " En als je denkt dat deze twee erg zijn, zou je Halt eens moeten horen. Dat is een wat oudere Jager en die heeft echt geen greintje respect voor mij.'
'Dat valt best mee, heer,' ging Gilan tegen de koning in. 'Hij heeft juist heel veel respect voor u, als u het tenminste maar met hem eens bent. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

10 " Die familie heeft weinig geluk met gooiende vrouwen,' stelde Gilan droog vast.
Lydia keek hem niet-begrijpend aan.
'Tja, Cassandra schakelde zijn broer met haar slinger uit, en nou heb jij hem met een pijl doorboord. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

11 " He looks like me.” Then he added darkly, if not logically, “And he’d better stop doing it if he knows what’s good for him! "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

12 " Flatulence? What’s that?’ Stig asked. Words of more than two syllables sometimes confused him. ‘He farts,’ Thorn put in. Stig thought about it, then nodded his head. ‘Yeah, well, I can do that.’ Hal and Thorn both answered simultaneously. ‘We know. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)

13 " Who’s this Horace that I’m a match for?” he asked. Hal managed to keep a straight face as he replied. “He’s a one-legged, half-blind old beggar who suffers from uncontrollable flatulence.” “Flatulence? What’s that?” Stig asked. Words of more than two syllables sometimes confused him. “He farts,” Thorn put in. Stig thought about it, then nodded his head. “Yeah, well, I can do that.” Hal and Thorn both answered simultaneously. “We know. "

― John Flanagan , Scorpion Mountain (Brotherband Chronicles, #5)