Melissa

“It was a joke, Thorn. That was all. Just a joke.” “A joke, my friend? No, I don’t think so. A joke is when everyone can have a good laugh together. But when you do something that’s spiteful and hurtful and causes misery to someone else, that’s not a joke. That’s cruelty.”
― John Flanagan, Duel at Araluen

“Halt waved farewell, tilting his chair onto its back legs as he drained his coffee. Will frowned at him. “When I was your apprentice, you used to tell me not to do that. Said it’d loosen the chair legs.” “And so it will,” Halt said, smiling contentedly. “But it’s your chair now, so why should I care?”
― John Flanagan, The Lost Stories

“Edvin!’ Hal yelled. ‘Help me!”
― John Flanagan, The Hunters

“this?” he asked. “Are you all conspiring against me? Even my horse?” It was the last three words that made Will smile. “We figured you mightn’t listen to a healer, a Ranger or a knight of the realm,” he said. “But if your horse agreed with them, you’d have no choice but to pay attention.”
― John Flanagan, Halt's Peril