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The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1) QUOTES

The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1) QUOTES

1 " Books are the only things worth stealing. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

2 " I've stolen books. They're the only thing worth taking that don't belong to you. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

3 " When I look at my bookcase and see the books upon the shelves, I think to myself, There is a God. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

4 " A female dragon’s tail is of the utmost importance to her. Male dragons find them irresistible. After all where do you think the term ‘Getting some tail’ came from? "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

5 " When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other upon its shelves, I think to myself, There is a God. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

6 " Remember, there were dragons long before men came into the world. Why, it was none other than The Great Dragons of Yore who invented the idea of knighthood. Yes, yes, that’s right! Dragons had knights, Kings, princesses and queens long before men crawled out of the muck. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

7 " Noontime was absolutely the perfect time for a duel in the dragon’s opinion as this was also lunchtime, his favorite part of the day. As the saying went, he could kill two birds with one stone. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

8 " How does one have a duel with a dragon? Well, since they live high up in the mountains, and getting all the way up there can be quite a nuisance indeed, one just has to ring the guest bell the dragons rather politely placed at the bottom many years ago when very incensed farmers kept appearing with complaints about their dwindling livestock. Dragons jokingly refer to it as “their dinner bell. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

9 " The only thing more unpredictable than magic is language. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

10 " The key to having good scales is a healthy diet of venison when you’re just a wee dragon lad. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

11 " Dragons were notoriously finicky about whom they ate, and thought it the height of bad manners to be kept waiting by their selected fare. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

12 " You know you've written a good book when even the people who hate it admit it's entertaining. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

13 " When I look at my bookcase and see one book after the other lined up upon its shelves I think to myself, There is a God. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

14 " Whatever a person writes comes from them. Whether consciously or unconsciously, it is the sum of their experience being shared. One need not poke at old wounds. Write honestly; the truth will emerge. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

15 " It takes hubris to write; and humilty to accept that the world does not care. Love what you do and let that be its own reward. "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)

16 " AT THE SOUND of the bell, Sir John forgot all ills. “Squire Shallow,” he shouted merrily, “the lunch bell calls. Come along and don’t forget to bring the bottle of sack. We shall share a celebratory glass over the wizard’s hide. High Ho! Off to R-O-O-O-ASTING a wizard we must go! "

― Sully Tarnish , The Dragon and the Apprentice: A Wizard's Wager (Book One of the Chronicles of Sir John the Worm 1)