Jonathan Stroud Quote

"I know you," he said. "I know your scent. Long ago, yes, but I never forget. I know your name."
"A friend of a friend, perhaps?" I eyed his spear-tip nervously. Unlike Eagle-beak, he didn't wave it about at all.
"No... an enemy..."
"Terrible when you can't remember something that's right on the tip of your tongue," I observed. "Isn't it, though? And you try so hard to recall it, but often as not you can't because some fool's interrupting you, prattling away so you can't concentrate, and-"
Bull-head gave a bellow of rage. "Shut up! I almost had it then!"


The Amulet of Samarkand (2003)


I know you, he said. I know your scent. Long ago, yes, but I never forget. I know your name. A friend of a friend, perhaps? I eyed his spear-tip...

I know you, he said. I know your scent. Long ago, yes, but I never forget. I know your name. A friend of a friend, perhaps? I eyed his spear-tip...

I know you, he said. I know your scent. Long ago, yes, but I never forget. I know your name. A friend of a friend, perhaps? I eyed his spear-tip...

I know you, he said. I know your scent. Long ago, yes, but I never forget. I know your name. A friend of a friend, perhaps? I eyed his spear-tip...