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Quotes from The Amulet of Samarkand — Jonathan Stroud

born 1970 England

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The temperature of the room dropped fast.

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Perhaps he'd want me to conjure up an illusion. That might be fun: there was bound to be a way of misinterpreting his request and upsetting him†.

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No magical alarm sounded, though I did hit my head five times on a pebble†.

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When I landed on the top of a lamppost in the London dusk it was peeing with rain.

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In the middle of the lawn was a lake adorned with an ornamental fountain, depicting an amorous Greek god trying to kiss a dolphin.†

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So I departed, leaving behind a pungent smell of brimstone. Just something to remember me by.

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"H-he is a messenger for you. H-h-he brings a message."
"You stagger me, Simpkin! A messenger with a message! Extraordinary."

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"Too much hate is bad for you," I ventured.
"Why?"
"Um..."

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"I'm Martha. And you are...?"
A small snuffle, a smaller voice. "Nathaniel."

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"I order you, Bartimaeus, to reveal whether you have diligently and wholly carried out your charge-"
"Of course I have - what do you think this is, costume jewelry?"

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The old pain had started up again, throbbing in my chest, stomach, bones. It wasn't healthy to be encased in a body for so long. How humans can stand it without going completely mad, I'll never know.†

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Jonathan Stroud (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.