Never give up because, if an opportunity arises, you have to be r... by John Flanagan

Never give up because, if an opportunity arises, you have to be ready to take it.

John Flanagan

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Ah, Signor Halt,' he said uncertainly, 'you are making a joke, yes?' 'He is making a joke, no,' Will said. 'But he likes to think he is making a joke, yes.

likes halt thinking

Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself.

needs

Fighting positions, please, ladies...' 'That's debatable,' Halt said in an undertone to Will as they stood watching... 'The 'fighting' part or the 'ladies' part?' Will replied with a grin. Halt looked at him and shook his head. 'Definitely the 'ladies,'' he said. 'There's no debate about the 'fighting.'' Will shrugged. He knew there was an edginess to the girls' relationship and that it had something to do with him. Why that should be so was beyond him.

edginess girl fighting

[Will]'d barely been asleep a few minutes when Halt's voice woke him. 'Will? Are you asleep?'... 'I was,' he said, a little indignantly. 'I'm not now.' 'Good,' Halt replied, a trifle smugly. 'Serves you right.

voice halt littles

An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong.

archer practice ordinary

But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.

ignored lifetime way

You're a dead man, Arratay," Jerrel said through clenched teeth. Halt smiled. "That's been said before. Yet here I am.

teeth here-i-am men

Sometimes I'm so devious I confuse myself. by John Flanagan

Sometimes I'm so devious I confuse myself.

devious sometimes

Take one more step and I'll put an arrow through you." Will tried to model his voice on the quiet, threatening tone Halt had used. He had retrieved several of his arrows from the nearest target and now he had one of them ready, laid on the bowstring. Halt glanced around approvingly. "Good idea," he said. "Aim for the left calf. It's a very painful wound.

arrows voice ideas

The sun was trembling on the brink of the world, the shadows at their longest, and they still had several kilometers to go.

shadow sun world

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

eyebrows gentleman may

It has to be admitted that, in a sneaking way, although he hated the discomfort of seasickness, once he was over it, he enjoyed the attention and sympathy that it created among attractive young women like Evanlyn and Alyss. And he liked the fact that Will tended to walk on eggshells around him when the problem was mentioned. Keeping Will off balance was always desirable. ~Halt

balance attention way

Bear with me on this, Evanlyn. I know you're anxious about Horace." WIll was a little puzzled by Halt's words. "No more anxious than the rest of us, surely," he said. Halt turned away and raised his eyebrows as his gaze met Selethen's. Sometimes, he thought, his former apprentice could be remarkably slow on the uptake. He saw the Arridi's slow nod of understanding. ~Halt & Will about Evanlyn and Horace

eyebrows understanding littles

Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,' Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?' Stig: 'I like my head where it is.

stig sail rings

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I... by John Flanagan

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said. "I have. But not an interrupting one.

inquiring should-have mind

It formed into small drops on his weather beaten features, drops that rolled down his cheeks. Strangely, some of them tasted like salt.

salt beaten weather

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves by John Flanagan

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

habit problem

Don't concentrate on the obvious. They might want you to miss som... by John Flanagan

Don't concentrate on the obvious. They might want you to miss something else.

missing want might

Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine

face-your-fears sunshine faces

You spoil your horse, Halt said. Will glanced at him. You spoil yours. Halt considered the thought, then nodded. That's true.

horse halt said