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Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up. (John Flanagan)
... at the time, King Herbert felt that to remain safe, the kingdom needed an effective intelligence force." "An intelligent force?" said Will. "Not intelligent. Intelligence. Although it does help if your intelligence force was also intelligent. View quote
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Very impressive. Where did you learn that?" Made it up just now. View quote
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How can you stay so calm?" It helps if you're terrified. View quote
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Ow!" said Horace as the Ranger's fingers probed and poked around the bruise. Did that hurt?" Halt asked, and Horace looked at him with exasperation. Of course it did," he said sharply. "That's why I said 'ow! View quote
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Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human. View quote
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It would be unthinkably bad luck to be betrayed by a rumbling stomach. View quote
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It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish. View quote
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They have terrified my poor wife and threatened my very person!" Halt eyed the man impassivley until the outburst was finished. Worse than that," he said quietly, "they've wasted my time. View quote
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Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him. "Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more. "Then trust him with his own," he said simply. View quote
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I said, names aren't important," he repeated. There was a silence between them for some seconds, then the Ranger said: "Do you know what is important?" Will shook his head. "Supper is important! (John Flanagan)
Hunting party," Horace said Both Halt and Will looked at him sarcastically. "You think?" Will said. "Maybe they found the deer and brought him back to repair him. View quote
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Anyone can make a mistake.... It's how they learn from it and recover from it that shows their true worth. View quote
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It was safe to assume that the rider would be carrying a weapon of some kind. After all, there was no point in wearing half armor and going weaponless. View quote
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He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment. View quote
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The young gentleman is correct," he said. Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman." ~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will. View quote
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The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds. View quote
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I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you! View quote
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I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o. View quote
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Now," said Halt, "all I have to do is work out a way of beating these horse-riding devils." Erak grinned at him. "That should be child's play," he said. "The hard part will be convincing Ragnak about it. View quote
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It's a big raised platform at the end of the square, with steps running up to it.” Like a stage?” Evanlyn suggested. "Maybe they're planning to put on a play?” Or an execution,” Horace said. (John Flanagan)
As he poured carefully, Arrow's head turned toward the sound. The horse made a low grumbling noise in his throat. "Hold your horses," he said. The he laughed. It seemed absurd to say tat to a horse. View quote
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He'd just have to lie there and die, watched over by strange stars who didn't know him, didn't care for him. It was very sad, really. View quote
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Never take your eyes off them,” Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. "Didn't MacNeil ever tell you that? View quote
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Don't concentrate on the obvious. They might want you to miss something else. View quote
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