Lockwood Quotes

“The skull’s…spirit? He…he looks different.”
The youth scowled. “Yeah? You look just the same. I was banking on frostbite taking a few of your fingers, or even your nose. Here’s hoping something else has dropped off that I don’t know about. If not, I’ll be sorely disappointed.”
Lockwood stared. “Does he always talk like this?”
“No. Usually he’s worse. See what I have to put up with?”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Empty Grave

“His rapier was at his belt, glittering as he swung. He reached down, ripped the sword clear.
I jumped over a slashing frond of plasm, spun round with the water bottle in my hand. I hurled it across to Lockwood.
George threw his rapier to me.
Watch this now. Sword and bottle, sailing through the air, twin trajectories, arching beautifully through the mass of swirling tendrils towards Lockwood and me. Lockwood held out his hand. I held out mine.
Remember I said there was that moment of sweet precision when we gelled perfectly as a team?
Yeah, well. This wasn't it.
The rapier shot past, missing me by miles. It skidded halfway across the floor. The bottle struck Lockwood plumb in the centre of his forehead, knocking him through the window.
There was a moment's pause.
'Is he dead?' the skulls voice said 'Yay! Oh. No, he's hanging onto the shutters. Shame. Still, this is defiantly the funniest thing I've ever seen. You three really are incompetence on a stick”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Hollow Boy

“Oh, we'll suffer in silence. You've given us plenty of practice at that.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Creeping Shadow

“More ghosts have been created in bedrooms than anywhere else.”
― Jonathan Stroud, The Creeping Shadow

“I perceive that people in these regions acquire over people in towns the value that a spider in a dungeon does over a spider in a cottage, to their various occupants; and yet the deepened attraction is not entirely owing to the situation of the looker-on. They do live more in earnest, more in themselves, and less in surface, change, and frivolous external things.”
― Emily Brontë, Wuthering Heights

“Agents' swords aren't just good for ghosts, they can also be used for whipping cheeky night watch kids. Want us to show you?”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“but when he turned to me his eyes sparkled with the thrill of the chase. As always, that awoke a similar thrill in me.”
― Jonathan Stroud;

“And again, I had that tipping sensation, the slosh of blood inside the head.”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“His face was serene, his hair glistened; his eyes shone with dark intent. I watched him from the door.”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“It was infuriating -- but intriguing, too. It always gave me a pleasant tug of curiosity”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“You can't throw out wild assertions and then swan off like a prima donna without backing them up.”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“I'd rather walk the tide line. Scratch my bum and look at the stars, and do it on my own terms.”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull

“Blimey. Are those shorts you're wearing, Lockwood, or are you trying to take flight?”
― Jonathan Stroud;, The Whispering Skull