Duyen Bui

“Success tended to make the unorthodox acceptable”
― John Flanagan, The Siege of Macindaw

“Many rulers would have spent the morning complaining loudly about the cold and the discomfort, as if their complaints would actually serve to alleviate the situation and as if their attendants should be able to do something about it. Not the emperor. He accepted the situation knowing that he could do nothing to change the weather. Best to endure it without making life more difficult for those around him.”
― John Flanagan, The Emperor of Nihon-Ja

“You can always win points; winning people’s respect is a lot more important.”
― John Flanagan, The Outcasts

“Face your fears, Halt had always thought him, and more often than not they fade like mist in the sunshine”
― John Flanagan, The Sorcerer in the North