Derrick Bjorklund

“Failure is just a few seconds away from success.”
― John Flanagan, The Battle for Skandia

“Strange, he thought, how seldom people tend to look up”
― John Flanagan, The Ruins of Gorlan

“The most intelligent people disguise the fact that they are intelligent. Wise men do not wear name tags. The more people talk about their own skills, the more desperate they are—their work should speak for itself.”
― Tsugumi Ohba

“The young gentleman is correct," he said.
Halt raised an eyebrow. "He may be correct, and he is undoubtedly young. But he's no gentleman."

~Halt and General Sapristi speaking of Will”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja