“That did it. I'd gone through a lot in the past few days. Everyone I met seemed to want a piece of me: djinn, magicians, humans...it made no difference.I'd been summoned, manhandled, shot at, captured, constricted, bossed about and generally taken for granted. And now, to cap it all, this bloke is joining in too, when all I'd been doing was quietly trying to kill him.” WantTryingHumansMadePastDifferencesGoneTakenPiecesMetsShotsGrantedMagicianCapsCapturedJoiningTaken For GrantedBlokesJoining In Author:Jonathan Stroud
“Literature offers the thrill of minds of great clarity wrestling with the endless problems and delights of being human. To engage with them is to engage with oneself, and the lasting rewards are not confined to specific career paths.” MindHumansProblemLiteratureCareersPathOffersRewardsOneselfDelightEndlessClarityLastingWrestlingBeing HumanThrillConfinedCareer Path Author:Jonathan Stroud
“Then again, Solomon was human. And that meant he was flawed (Go on, take a look at yourself in the mirror. A good long look, if you can bear it. See? Flawed's putting it mildly, isn't it?)” IfsHumansLooksLongGoes OnBearsMirrorsFlawedSolomonLook At YourselfGood LongLook At Yourself In The Mirror Author:Jonathan Stroud
“Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since when all's said and done the language of the beasts tends to revolve around: a) the endless hunt for food, b) finding a warm bush to sleep in the evening, and c) the sporadic satisfication of certain glands. (Many would argue that the language of human kind boils down to this too)” HumansKindSaidDoneMightLastsCertainLanguageUnderstandingSleepAnimalHalfFindingsWarmArguingEndlessEveningBeastHuntsSaid And DoneGlandsSporadic Author:Jonathan Stroud
