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1. "And then, as if written by the hand of a bad novelist, an incredible thing happened." ~ Jonathan Stroud

2. "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

3. "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?)" ~ Jonathan Stroud

4. "The 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 vigor in his students, as well as nicely keeping out the drafts." ~ Jonathan Stroud

5. "What is a gathering without unseemly drunkenness?" ~ Jonathan Stroud

6. "Zealots: Wild eyed persons afflicted with incurable certainty about the workings of the world, a certainty that can lead to violence when the world doesn't fit." ~ Jonathan Stroud

7. "Oh, the boots were on the other eight feet now." ~ Jonathan Stroud

8. "The afrit batted his eyelashes with a ostentatious lack of concern. "Indeed? Have you a name?""A name?" I cried. "I have MANY names! I am Bartimaeus! I am Sakhr al-Jinni! I am N'gorso the Mighty and the Serpent of Silver Plumes!"I paused dramatically. The young man looked blank. "Nope never heard of you. Now if you'll just-" ~ Jonathan Stroud

9. "Long ago I dreamed of being a hero in your company" Halli said Huskily "I'm sorry to say your reality disappoints me" ~ Jonathan Stroud

10. "The bristling eyebrows shot up in mock surprise. Mesmerized, the boy watched them disappear under the hanging thatch of white hair. There, almost coyly, they remained just out of sight for a moment, before suddenly descending with a terrible finality and weight." ~ Jonathan Stroud

11. "Julius 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. Whatever happened, Nathaniel did not intend to sink with him." ~ Jonathan Stroud

12. "Stanley went on, "highly dangerous, fanatical and additictied to violence'- Blimey Fred, is it your mother writing this? They seem to know you so well" ~ Jonathan Stroud

13. "Ia bukan demon, bukan penyihir. Ia lebih baik dari mereka. Keserakahan dan sikap mementingkan diri sendiri bukanlah sifatnya." ~ Jonathan Stroud

14. "John Mandrake was an attractive young man, and the scent of power hung about him, sweet and intoxicating, like honeysuckle in the evening air." ~ Jonathan Stroud

15. "He was transfixed at the sight of the lords and ladies of his realm running about like demented chickens." ~ Jonathan Stroud

16. "I warn you," the boy went on. "I am a magician of great power. I control many terrifying entities. This being you see before you" - here I rolled my shoulders back and puffed my chest up menacingly - "is but the meanest and least impressive of my slaves." (Here I slumped my shoulders and stuck my stomach out.)" ~ Jonathan Stroud

17. "A typical master. Right to the end, he didn't give me a chance to get a word in edgeways. Which is a pity, because at that last moment I'd have liked to tell him what I thought of him. Mind you, since in that split second we were, to all intents and purposes, one and the same, I rather think he knew anyway." ~ Jonathan Stroud

18. "Did 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 regretfully. "You should leave such a dangerous assignment to people better qualified: next time ask an old granny, or a toddler-" ~ Jonathan Stroud

19. "But I do get 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

20. "Burned and squashed to death in a silver vat of soup. There must be worst ways to go. But not many." ~ Jonathan Stroud

21. "A 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 quadrilateral equation, two axioms, and a limerick. That's raw intelligence for you." ~ Jonathan Stroud

22. "As an author, you need to keep talking to your audience to remind yourself what they like and what they don't like. You spend most of your life locked in a room, and you need to be social occasionally." ~ Jonathan Stroud

23. "As a child I was really into fantasy books with elves and goblins and swords, and I went through a phase for a few years when I was reading endless series. But in the end I became totally fed-up with all these sub-Tolkien rip-offs because they all end up doing the same old things and there's no rigour to it." ~ Jonathan Stroud

24. "I read a bit of the Icelandic sagas. They're fascinating in that they are completely ordinary. The farmer will go off into the hills and fight a troll, and then go back and do ordinary things. It's an odd mix of fantasy and reality." ~ Jonathan Stroud

25. "We 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 great as you've been told." ~ Jonathan Stroud

26. "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

27. "Ah, you coward! Look at you, running.""Actually, it's called improvising." ~ Jonathan Stroud

28. "It'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* mother is absolutely fine, for instance. Probably.)" ~ Jonathan Stroud

29. "Listen," I began, "this is an established,traditional form that-""Traditional nothing.Where are your clothes?""Clothes?" I said weakly. "I don't normally bother with them in this guise.""Well,you could put on a pair of shorts,at least.Your not decent.""I'm not sure they'd go with the wings..." The demon frowend,and blinked."Hold on,enough of this.""Lenderhosen would. They'd compliment the leather." ~ Jonathan Stroud

30. "Fiftey 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 of protest-"no,that's wrong. My projection is incorrect.""Good.""You'll never be a sweet old granny. Let's say,'sad,lonely old biddy' instead." ~ Jonathan Stroud

31. "Me, I was still in the pygmy hippo in a skirt, singing lusty songs about Solomon's private life and a giant stone back and forth through the air as I climbed out of the quarry at the edge of the site." ~ Jonathan Stroud

32. "listen, a goad's anything that provokes or incites an enemy---let me have a go: cursed deamon! you have met your end! the shivering fire awaits you! i shall spread your vile essance across this hall like... um, like margarine, a very think layer of it...---ye-es... im not sure he'll pick up on that analogy. never mind, keep going." ~ Jonathan Stroud

33. "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

34. "Dazu bedarf es [...] vor allem des richtigen Namens. Ich meine, es ist ja nicht so, als bestellte man ein Taxi—bei einer Beschwörung kommt nicht einfach irgendwer!" ~ Jonathan Stroud

35. "Bartimaeus: "A small piece of advice," I said "it isn't wise to be rude to someone bigger than you, especially when they've just trapped you under a boulder."Imp: "You can stick your advice up....""This brief pause replaces a short, censored episode, characterized by bad language and some sadly necessary violence. When we pick up the story again, everything is as before, except that I am perspiring slightly and the contrite imp is the model of cooperation." Bartimaeus: "I'll ask again: who is Rupert Deveraeux?"Imp: "He's the British Prime Minister, oh Most Bounteous and Merciful one." ~ Jonathan Stroud

36. "A word of friendly advice could have saved him, but dear me, I was too busy watching him unravel to think of it until it was far too late." ~ Jonathan Stroud

37. "Manche behaupten ja, der Heldentot sei etwas Bewundernswertes. Diese Ansicht hat mich nie recht überzeugt. Hauptsächlich darum nicht, weil man beim Heldentod, ganz gleich wie gelassen, stilvoll, ruhig, unerschütterlich, männlich oder trotzig man ihn angeht, irgendwann tot ist, und das ist für meinen Geschmack eine Spur zu entgültig." ~ Jonathan Stroud

38. "Haven't you done enough for a lifetime? Think about it—two power—crazed magicians killed, a hundred power—crazed magicians saved…" ~ Jonathan Stroud

39. "Die Katastrophe war so verheerend, dass jede normale Reaktion unangemessen war." ~ Jonathan Stroud

40. "His face was uniquely slapable - a nun would have ached to punch him - while his backside cried out to heaven for a well-placed kick." ~ Jonathan Stroud

41. "According 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 defiant you are, at the end of the day you're also dead. Which is a little too permanent for my liking." ~ Jonathan Stroud

42. "Hey, we've all got problems, chum. I'm overly talkative. You look like a field of buttercups in a suit." ~ Jonathan Stroud

43. "Watch where you leave your victims! I stubbed my toe on that." ~ Jonathan Stroud

44. "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." ~ Jonathan Stroud

45. "Believe me, I know all about bottle acoustics. I spent much of the sixth century in an old sesame oil jar, corked with wax, bobbing about in the Red Sea. No one heard my hollers. In the end an old fisherman set me free, by which time I was desperate enough to grant him several wishes. I erupted in the form of a smoking giant, did a few lightning bolts, and bent to ask him his desire. Poor old boy had dropped dead of a heart attack. There should be a moral there, but for the life of me I can't see one." ~ Jonathan Stroud

46. "The mercenary finished his coffee in a single gulp, It must have been piping hot, too. Boy, he was tough." ~ Jonathan Stroud

47. "Minor magicians take pains to fit this traditional wizardly bill. By contrast, the really powerful magicians take pleasure in looking like accountants." ~ Jonathan Stroud

48. "Much 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 copse."The crow shifted uneasily beneath the cleaver."That's a gesture of endearment in some cultures. Some hug, some kiss, some set each other on fire in small patches of woodland..." ~ Jonathan Stroud

49. "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

50. "When you go out hunting wicked spirits, it's the simple things that matter most. The silvered point of your rapier flashing in the dark; the iron filings scattered on the floor; the sealed canisters of best Greek Fire, ready as a last resort... But tea bags, brown and fresh and plenty of them, and made (for preference) by Pitkin Brothers of Bond Street, are perhaps the simplest and best of all. OK, they may not save your life like a sword-tip or an iron circle can, and they haven't the protective power of a sudden wall of fire. But they do provide something just as vital. They help keep you sane." ~ Jonathan Stroud

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