Quotes About Gilan

#1. Never take your eyes off them," Horace said to Gilan, in an admonishing tone. "Didn't MacNeil ever tell you that?

John Flanagan

#2. But that was war did. It made people realize the importance of stupid things.

Sara Raasch

#3. In any society, Law is an illusory concept that works only when everyone voluntarily agrees to live by it.

Massad Ayoob

#4. Whoever said that the truth will set you free was full of shit.

Melyssa Winchester

#5. God has mercifully ordered that the human brain works slowly; first the blow, hours afterwards the bruise.

Walter De La Mare

#6. In Buddhist practice, the outward and inward aspects of taking the one seat meet on our meditation cushion.

Jack Kornfield

#7. I can't sleep,' he said. 'Let me lie with my head on your silver breast.

Jean Rhys

#8. But ... what if I mistime it?"
Gilan smiled widely. "Well, in that case, I'll probably lop your head off your shoulders."
Horace and Gilan

John Flanagan

#9. Halt Halt, said Gilan stepping out into the open.

John Flanagan

#10. It's always been an ebb and flow of interest and energy.

Michael Kennedy

#11. Why are you not where you belong? / A black hat on a hook says nothing. / Ashes mirror ashes / In a mirroring window.

Mary Jo Bang

#12. The sun comes up just about as often as it goes down, in the long run, but this doesn't make its motion random.

Donald Knuth

#13. You know, Gilan, sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit. It's not even wit at all.

John Flanagan

#14. A foolish way to get around." Hal smiled. "If the gods had meant us to ride horses, they never would have given us ships.

John Flanagan

#15. The mind that opens to a new idea never returns to its original size

Albert Einstein

#16. What about you three, where are you going?"
Even before Halt answered, Will knew what he was going to say. But that didn't make it any less terrifying or blood-chilling when the words were said.
"We're going after the Kalkara.

John Flanagan

#17. Would you trust him with your life, Halt?" Gilan interrupted, and Halt looked up at him.
"Yes," he said quietly. Gilan patted his shoulder once more.
"Then trust him with his own," he said simply.

John Flanagan

#18. What are you looking at, foreigner?" the guard demanded roughly. The smile was a little unsettling. A prisoner shouldn't smile at his captors like that.
"I'm just making sure I can remember you," Gilan told him. "Never know when that might be useful.

John Flanagan

#19. Every established fact which is too bad to admit of any other defence is always presented to us as an injunction of religion.

John Stuart Mill

#20. And now the game is over, and a single pawn stands on that scorched board and its face is human after all.

Peter Watts

#21. My name is Gilan. The King wants to see you.

John Flanagan

#22. On average, I order about three meals for myself in one sitting.

Blake Lively

#23. Hal: " ... Then we'll leave in a huff, taking you with us."
"I've always wanted to travel in a huff," Ingvar mused. "It sounds very comfortable. I imagine they're well padded."
"Lined with feathers, in fact," Gilan put in.

John Flanagan

#24. Crowley shook his head. "I sometimes wonder if it was a good idea having Halt train apprentices. He seems to teach them no respect for authority."
"Oh, he teaches us to respect authority," Gilan said innocently. "He just teaches us to ignore it when necessary.

John Flanagan

#25. You're an Apprentice! You're not ready to think!
Gilan and Halt.
The Ruins of Gorlan.

John Flanagan