Kimberly

“Of course it is! Just as Alseiass, the all-loving Golden God of the Outsiders, is a myth.”
― John Flanagan, The Kings of Clonmel

“George!” he said, the relief evident in his voice. “Are you all right?” “No! I am not!” George replied with considerable spirit. “I have a whacking great arrow stuck through my arm and it hurts like the very dickens! How could anybody be all right in those circumstances?”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja

“Why not?” Then she thought further. “I wonder what Halt will say when we put it to him.” Alyss shrugged. “Well, it’s such a logical idea, he can hardly say no, can he?” “No!” said Halt. “No, no, no—and, just in case you missed it the first time, no.”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja

“You know,” he said to Halt, without any trace of a smile, “it might have been simpler to have the two girls board her with their practice swords.” They exchanged a long look, then Halt shook his head. “I needed to leave some of them alive.”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja