Quotes by : Jonathan Stroud

His rapier was at his belt, glittering as he swung. He reached down, ripped the sword clear. I jumped....

The Amulet of Samarkand. It was Simon Lovelace's. Now it is yours. Soon it will be Simon Lovelace's again.....

It was Nathaniel's boundless capacity for stating the obvious that made him so charmingly human.

Death is fugitive; even when you're watching for it, the actual instant somehow slips between your fingers.....

This is what the Problem means,” he went on. “This is the effect it has. Lives lost, loved ones taken....

The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized, the boy watched them disappear under the....

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

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

If anyone else asked that question, O He Who Is Terrible and Great, I would have said they were an ignorant....

Ambition is all very well, my lad, but you must cloak it.