Temeraire Quotes

#1. Those men want to take Laurence from me, and put him in prison, and execute him, and I will not let them, ever, and I do not care if Laurence tells me not to squash you, he added, fiercely, to Lord Barham.
- Temeraire

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#2. 'Temeraire' is a terrific meld of two genres that I particularly love - fantasy and historical epic.

Peter Jackson

#3. I am not whimpering, at all," Temeraire muttered, and added, "ow!" There

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#4. Temeraire said, 'It is very nice how many books there are, indeed. And on so many subjects!

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#5. If you will pardon my saying so," Tharkay said, "you will never satisfy them on that point: the last thing you or Temeraire will ever give anyone is quiet obedience. Have you considered it might be better not to try?

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#6. Temeraire
Never fear; I am going; the Son of Heaven will not tolerate delays, and Barham gives me leave. Allegiance will carry us! Pray eat something
L.

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#7. Laurence could make no real quarrel with the aims, which were natural and just; but England was at war, after all, and he was conscious, as Temeraire was not, of the impudence in demanding concessions from their own Government under such circumstances: very like mutiny. Yet

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#8. No; they nearly drowned you, and not even on purpose but only through carelessness. I am not letting them have you back, Temeraire said.

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#9. (Temeraire "Can one hire a translator to say things properly?"
"Yes; they are called lawyers," Tharkay said, and laughed softly to himself.

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#10. It is quite uninteresting; that is why one comes out.
- Temeraire, on being inside an egg

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#11. I am very tired of this Government, which I have never seen, and which is always insisting that I must do disagreeable things, and does no good to anybody.

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#12. If Napoleon can seek to ascend all the thrones of Europe, I suppose we may go dragging them out from under him

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#13. I try to avoid eating endangered species, let alone mythical ones. You

Lawrence Block

#14. And it came out that this King Arthur and his knights had done nothing of real note but to kill innocent dragons all around Britain: almost certainly a pack of lies, as Forthing admitted they had not possessed even any guns at the time, and unpleasant lies at that.

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#15. Some people have a thick skin and you don't. Your heart is really open and that is going to cause pain, but that is an appropriate response to this world.

Anne Lamott

#16. If ideas do not determine history, inventions do; and inventions are determined by ideas.

Will Durant

#17. I am of the opinion", Tharkay said, "that you ought not assign to free will something more likely the consequence of a sharp blow to the skull.

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#18. Forgiveness is an act of self-love and respect.

Miguel Angel Ruiz

#19. Come up, April, though the valley, / In your robes of beauty drest, / Come and wake your flowery children / From their wintry beds of rest ...

Phoebe Cary

#20. The greatest writers in the world have stolen the greatest Story ever told, time and time again. Christians should recognize this Story and seize the opportunity presented by this towering influence.

Gene C. Fant Jr.

#21. I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyone could stop all three of us, at least not before we can escape

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#22. It is not enough to be a hardworking person. Think: what do you work at?

Leo Tolstoy

#23. I'm John Lee Hooker in the sense that he was a blues man and he played blues his whole life. I'm a rock guy and I'm going to play rock music my whole life.

Sammy Hagar

#24. People are always saying: 'They'll take care of it. The government will. Don't worry, they will'. They who? It starts with us. It's us. Or else it'll never be done.

Michael Jackson