Jonathan StroudIn recent weeks it has come to my attention that many caravans have met with disaster; they have not gotten through. I grunted wisely. Probably ran out of water. That's the thing … ▶371Reading
Jonathan StroudI 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. ✨ Jonat… ▶371Reading
Jonathan StroudHey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit. ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2004). The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Two: Golem's E… ▶372Reading
Jonathan StroudWhat is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness? ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2009). Heroes of the Valley, p.63, Random House374Time
Jonathan StroudJulius Tallow was a fool. He appeared complacent, but like a weak swimmer out of his depth, his legs were kicking frantically under the surface, trying to keep him afloat. Whateve… ▶333Reading
Jonathan StroudJabor finally appeared at the top of the stairs, sparks of flame radiating from his body and igniting the fabric of the house around him. He caught sight of the boy, reached out h… ▶367Philosophy
Jonathan StroudA dozen more questions occurred to me. Not to mention twenty-two possible solutions to each one, sixteen resulting hypotheses and counter-theorems, eight abstract speculations, a … ▶356Reading
Jonathan StroudAnd sure enough,the youth in question was not his usual dapper self. His face was puffy, his eyes red and wild; his shirt(distressingly unbuttoned)hung over his trousers in sloppy… ▶356Time
Jonathan StroudThe Hermit was known to be pretty sniffy about disciples who returned in failure. There was a wall of the institute layered with their skins- an ingenious display that encouraged … ▶357Reading
Jonathan StroudHe was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens. ✨ The Amulet of Samarkand (The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1). Book by… ▶302DeathReading
Jonathan StroudThat's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland346Time
Jonathan StroudAccording to some, heroic deaths are admirable things. I've never been convinced by this argument, mainly because, no matter how cool, stylish, composed, unflappable, manly, or de… ▶324DeathReading
Jonathan StroudOne magician demanded I show him an image of the love of his life. I rustled up a mirror. ✨ The Amulet of Samarkand (Bartimaeus trilogy, Book 1). Book by Jonathan Stroud, Se… ▶313LifeLoveReading
Jonathan StroudDid Lovelace's forces find you? Did Jabor break in? He spoke slowly through clenched teeth. I went to get a newspaper This is getting better and better! I shook my head regretfull… ▶282HumanityLoveTime
Jonathan StroudIf 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 foun… ▶3610Reading
Jonathan StroudMuch has happened since last we met, Bartimaeus, he went on. Do you remember how we parted? No. I did. You set light to me, old friend. Struck a match and left me burning in a cop… ▶348Reading
Jonathan StroudCan 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.315Time
Jonathan StroudPardon me, Highness, a women waits whithout. Whithout what?271Thought
Jonathan StroudIt's the same with spirit guises; show me a sweet little choirboy or a smiling mother and I'll show you the hideous fanged strigoi it really is. (Not always. Just sometimes. *Your… ▶282Time
Jonathan StroudLiterature 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 last… ▶283HumanityReadingThought
Jonathan StroudI 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 … ▶3510LifeReading
Jonathan StroudHippo in a skirt: this was a comic reference to one of Solomon's principal wives, the one from Moab. Childish? Yes. But in the days before printing we had limited opportunities fo… ▶294Reflection
Jonathan StroudHer clarity gave her purpose and her purpose gave her clarity. ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2010). The Ring of Solomon, p.333, Random House273Hope
Jonathan StroudThe Amulet of Samarkand. It was Simon Lovelace's. Now it is yours. Soon it will be Simon Lovelace's again. Take it and enjoy the consequences. ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2003). Bart… ▶317LoveReading
Jonathan StroudWhat was it that drew you back? My marvellous personality, I suppose? Or my sparkling conversation? ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2005). Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's Gate,… ▶274Reading
Jonathan StroudFiftey years isn't too bad. With luck you might see it happen when your a sweet,old granny,dandling big fat babies on your knee. Actully-he held up a hand,interrupting Kitty's cry… ▶329Sadness
Jonathan StroudThe mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough. ✨ Jonathan Stroud (2005). Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book Three: Ptolemy's… ▶264Reading
Jonathan StroudWe grow up being told about great figures in our society, and as you get older you have to question the stories you've been told and decide if these great figures are indeed as gr… ▶221Humanity
Jonathan StroudDespite 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 … ▶276Reading
Jonathan StroudThe column hung above the middle of the pentacle, bubbling ever upward against the ceiling like the cloud of an erupting volcanoe. There was a barely perceptible pause. Then two y… ▶243LoveTime
