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„Can you define "plan" as "a loose sequence of manifestly inadequate observations and conjectures, held together by panic, indecision, and ignorance"? If so, it was a very good plan.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Ring of Solomon

Источник: The Ring of Solomon

„Check out that one at the end. He's taken the form of a footstool. Weird… but somehow I like his style."

"That is a footstool.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Golem's Eye

Источник: The Golem's Eye

„And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Golem's Eye

Источник: The Golem's Eye

„Watch where you leave your victims! I stubbed my toe on that.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„Freedom is an illusion. It always comes at a price.“

—  Jonathan Stroud

Источник: The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set

„Besides, if you're going to die horribly, you might as well do it with style.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Ring of Solomon

Источник: The Ring of Solomon

„I had a chance at him now. Things were a bit more even. He knew my name, I knew his. He had six years' experience, I had five thousand and ten. That was the kind of odds that you could do something with.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„The mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга Ptolemy's Gate

Источник: Ptolemy's Gate

„He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„He was a worried man (I'm stretching the term a bit here, I know. By now, in his mid to late teens, he might just about have passed for a man. When seen from behind. At a distance. On a very dark night).“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга Ptolemy's Gate

Источник: Ptolemy's Gate

„Really?"
"No. I'm being ironic. Or is it sarcastic? I can never remember."
"Irony's cleverer, so you're probably being sarcastic.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Screaming Staircase

Источник: The Screaming Staircase

„Despite his crimped shirts and flowing mane (or perhaps because of them) I had seen no evidence as yet that Nathaniel even knew what a girl was. If he'd ever met one, chances are they'd both have run screaming in opposite directions.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Golem's Eye

Источник: The Golem's Eye

„I wanted to wake you straightaway, but I knew I had to wait several hours to ensure you were safely recovered."
"What! How long has it been?"
"Five minutes. I got bored.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Golem's Eye

Источник: The Golem's Eye

„Burned and squashed to death in a silver vat of soup. There must be worst ways to go. But not many.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга Ptolemy's Gate

Источник: Ptolemy's Gate

„If anyone else asked that question, O He Who Is Terrible and Great, I would have said they were an ignorant fool; in you it is a sign of the disarming simplicity which is the fount of all virtue.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга The Amulet of Samarkand

Источник: The Amulet of Samarkand

„But Iget afraid. It's just that fear makes me sort of… angry and resentful, and I bite back at it. It's hard to describe."

It isn't hard to describe, you idiot," Aud said. "It's called courage.“

—  Jonathan Stroud, книга Heroes of the Valley

Источник: Heroes of the Valley

„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.“

—  Jonathan Stroud