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The sun was trembling on the brink of the world, the shadows at their longest, and they still had several kilometers to go.

Lend me your helmet

The dog, he thought, was wiser and more kindly natured than he was.

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

A good leader is someone who knows what he's bad at, and hires someone who's good at it to take care of it for him.

Idiots, Halt muttered. If we were here to cause trouble, we could simply ride them both down

Where the large bloodstain still marked the grass.

It's surprising how often history is decided by something as trival as bad shellfish.

He could bear the dying, but not the disappointment.

Never give up because, if an opportunity arises, you have to be ready to take it.

If you only value my advice when I agree with you, you don't value it at all.

Think of a positive outcome, and
you will achieve it. Allow doubt to enter your mind, and the doubt will become self-fulfilling.

Men ... performed better when they understood why they were being asked to carry out a task.

My horse went lame about ten days back and I turned him loose.

The sarcastic little know-it-all needs help, does he?

More delicious aromas rose. He sprinkled in a

He had lost control over his own body, he realized dully.

I will remember this word," he said. "Shenanigans. It is a good word.

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

One man may be deceit. Two can be conspiracy. Three is the number I trust.

If they invent a four legged chicken," Will said, "Horace will think he's gone to Heaven.

Stig: 'Of course, she'll sail rings around Wolfswind,'
Hal: 'Then why didn't you tell him that?'
Stig: 'I like my head where it is.

Although it does help if your intelligence force is also intelligent.

Don't concentrate on the obvious. They might want you to miss something else.

Minds were running along similar lines. Will adjusted

My leg hurts," the soldier whined.
"Of course it does," Halt told him. "I put an arrow through it. Did you expect it not to hurt?

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

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him
Aylss on the let cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then they glared daggers at each other. -pg 372

Sometimes," Halt continued, "we tend to expect a little too much of Ranger horses. After all, they are only human.

My freind is the man who gives me a book I aint read.Abraham Linclion

It was not polite for a Temujai general to allow his emotions to show.

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

Damn! I hate farewells!

Sometimes, he thought wryly, a reputation for being right all the time could be a heavy burden.

You're a dead man, Arratay," Jerrel said through clenched teeth.
Halt smiled. "That's been said before. Yet here I am.

Keep practicing," he told her.
"Until I get it right?" she said. But he corrected her.
"No. Until you don't get it wrong.

There's nothing honerable in a man who hides behind a blue woman's hanky.

Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up - Will

Fanatics," Halt said. "Don't you just love 'em?

Now I know that if you wait till you think you are ready, you'll wait all your life.

Don't worry, chief. We've got these Tualaghi surrounded - from the inside."
"Exactly," Erak replied dryly.

Yes, I'm back," he said, "And look who I ran into."
Horace grinned at him. "i hope you ran into him hard."
"As hard as I could.

Problems postponed have a habit of solving themselves

Now, if you two will excuse us, we'll get back to the relatively simple buisness of planning a war, he said.
-Baron Arald

It's not what I expected," he said. "They're far more organized than our intelligence had led us to believe.

Karina and Tho-orn, sitting in a tree-ee. Kay-eye-ess-ess-eye-en-gee.

Shall I call the others back in?"
He nodded. "Why ask me? It's all of you who are making the decisions.

Then he had run, unarmed and bleeding, trusting to the maze like confusion of the ruins to evade the monster behind him.

Nothing like a little wanton destruction to get boys excited, Thorn thought, smiling to himself.

It's the Kalkara. they're hunting.

Halt shook his head. Frankly, he'd seen sacks of potatoes that could sit a horse better than Erak

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

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

You're a very amusing fellow," he told Halt. "I'd like to brain you with my ax one of these days."
Erak to Halt.

Be beholden to no one, he had said. Make sure you owe nobody any favors.

Very impressive. Where did you learn that?
Made it up just now.

He'd just have to lie there and die, watched over by strange stars who didn't know him, didn't care for him. It was very sad, really.

It formed into small drops on his weather beaten features, drops that rolled down his cheeks. Strangely, some of them tasted like salt.

Orman nodded wearily 'As I said, when a person is unpopular, it's so easy to think badly of him

The battle, if you could call it that, lasted no more than a few seconds.

It's a sword, not a fairy wand, you know.

Sarcasm isn't the lowest form of wit. It isn't even wit at all.

I'm too set in my ways to start doing the right thing," he complained. "You're a bad influence, Horace.

Got to keep losing horses," he said drowsily. "Bad habit.

Doesn't matter which is which," he said cheerfully. "They're both idiots.

Mind you, Princess Cassandra used to stalk us when she sneaked out of the castle as a girl.

An ordinary archer practices until he gets it right. A ranger practices until he never gets it wrong.

Include me out," he

You'd be surprised what people will believe. Usually, the bigger and the more improbable the lie, the more willing they are to believe it.

You may believe you're an excellent rider," he called, "but there are a score of Temujai back there who actually are.

haven't seen hide nor hair of her,

If everything is done for me ... how will I ever learn?

Sometimes people can be too intellegent for their own good. Too much thinking could confuse things.

Sometimes I'm so devious I confuse myself.

Hangovers had a way of teaching people that drinking alcohol was not a good idea.

Horace normally didn't need anyone else to save his life. He was pretty skilled at doing it for himself.

It would be unthinkably bad luck to be betrayed by a rumbling stomach.

Remember no one expects you to be Halt. He's a legend, after all. Haven't you heard? He's eight feet tall and kills bears with his bare hands ...

Always expect trouble in the desert. Then you usually won't meet it.

Sometimes, he thought, all you could do was wait.

You can always win points; winning people's respect is a lot more important.

Now I know that if you wait until you think you are ready, you'll wait your whole life

If and perhaps ... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action.

The Slave master named Mahmel Was a nasty kind of thug, so Stiggy dropped a rock on him and squashed him like a bug.

She knew more about these situations than she realized, he thought. She'd spent years at Duncan's side. "When in doubt," he added, "be pompous.

The man is a nincompoop and a fool. Even worse, he took me for a fool as well.

I'm not really interested in being king. I prefer to work for a living

Your dislike for the project will be duly noted, and ignored.

Always expect something to go wrong," he told him. "Believe me, if you're wrong, you're not dissapointed. If you're right, you're ready for it.

What if Halt were wrong?

You think our mam likes you better than me?" challenged whichever one was the other. (Don't blame me. I've lost track too.)

When you can't see the reason for something, look for the possible result - and ask yourself who might benefit from it.

Halt Halt, said Gilan stepping out into the open.

Will was worth at least a few tears from a grizzled old wreck like himself, he thought, and made no move to wipe them away.

Anyone can make a mistake ... It's how they learn from it and recover from it that shows their true worth.

Failure is just a few seconds away from success.

I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o.

If you're a ghost," he said, "we mean you no disrespect. And if you're not a ghost, tell me who you are-or you soon will be one

Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable

You've always said I should have an inquiring mind," she said.
"I have. But not an interrupting one.