Stuart Hill Quotes

• You are about to enter the realms of human beings. Be prepared for cruelty and kindness, for friendship and hatred. People are made of all possibilities and conditions.

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  Kindness, People, Hatred

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.253, Scholastic Inc.

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• If you dare try to leave me behind, I'll follow on foot, and when I die in the snow, Ill come back and haunt you. I'll make your life a complete misery. No ghost will ever have been as inventive in its nastiness as I'll be: I'll turn your food rancid; I'll transform your drink into blood; I'll howl and moan throughout the night; there'll be no place safe from me. And don't think I couldn't do it, Thirrin, Queen of Icemark, because I can assure you, I could.

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  Queens, Night, Thinking

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• But leave us some magic in the world. Leave us some mystery to enjoy.

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  Magic In The World, Mystery, Enjoy

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.228, Scholastic Inc.

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• Madness was only a handicap only if you couldn't control its irrationalities.

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  Madness, Handicaps, Irrationality

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• A conflagration always made such a nice backdrop to a battle. Fire made everything so much more joyously apocalyptic.

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  Nice, Fire, Battle

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #2: Blade of Fire”, p.683, Scholastic Inc.

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• Pain! Deep, tearing, throbbing, needle-sharp, hammer-blunt pain – ripping through his body and through his mind, twisting deep in his guts and slicing at his skin with razors and broken glass. Oskan wanted to scream, but his vocal cords had burned away. He was desperate for water and he could hear it dripping all around him, but his charred tongue found nothing in his mouth but blisters and scorched flesh. For hours he lay on the ropes of the low bed, unable to move, the pressure of the hemp on his destroyed skin sending new agonies deep into his body.

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  Pain, Moving, Glasses

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.352, Scholastic Inc.

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• Sharley felt his strength ebbing away, and his weak leg throbbed painfully, but then a tingling sensation thrilled through his frame and the fighting blood of the Lindenshield clan began to roar through his veins. He drew breath and out crashed the war cry of the icemark.

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  War, Fighting, Blood

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• If you reach for the stars, you just might land on a decently sized hill.

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  Stars, Land, Might

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• To be really honest, I think if anybody did derive comfort from the fact that 'there's always someone worse off than yourself,' they'd have to be a pretty sad and sick individual. If I've sprained my wrist, I'm not made happier by the thought that someone somewhere has broken their leg!

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  Thinking, Broken, Sick

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• And exactly how does a miserable face help the war effort?" he asked sharply, his mood beginning to change. "Will a frown bring back the dead or fortify a town? If I allow myself to laugh in the face of misery, I rest my mind from the stress of it all, and then it'll work the better for you and your war. And if I'm really to be one of your advisers, Your Majesty, accept this piece of advise: Take happiness where and when you find it, because there is going to be precious little of it in the next few months!

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  Stress, War, Laughing

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.162, Scholastic Inc.

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• To a happy war!' laughter echoed with all the insane glee of an army of psychopaths.

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  Laughter, War, Army

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• One of the most important lessons she'd recently learned was that looking strong and confident was sometimes all the people required of you.

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  Strong, People, Important

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.105, Scholastic Inc.

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• Could you please explain to me exactly what the staff is that you carry?" Cronus proudly held the symbol of his power and authority aloft. "It is the scepter that denotes my control of the Physical Realms. All who defy me should look on it and tremble." "Oh, I see! Do you know, I thought it was a giant toothpick, or perhaps something you shoved into other parts of you anatomy. I never realized it represented your supposed right to rule," said Her Vampiric Majesty lightly.

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  Giants, Looks, Majesty

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #3: Last Battle of the Icemark”, p.357, Scholastic Inc.

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• Why else is politics the perfect refuge for every liar, cheat, and self-serving toad that was ever born? All you need is a good set of teeth and the ability to smile convincingly with them. --Cressida

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  Liars, Self, Perfect

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #3: Last Battle of the Icemark”, p.215, Scholastic Inc.

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• To a happy war!" Their laughter flowed out into the night and reached into the pass through the Dancing Maidens, where it echoed around the mountains with all the insane glee of an army of pyschopaths.

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  Laughter, War, Army

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #2: Blade of Fire”, p.96, Scholastic Inc.

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• Thanks, Dad," she whispered in his ear. Then recovering her composure, she knelt before him and said, "I give thanks, my Father. May your decision be proved right and true.

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  Dad, Father, Giving

  Stuart Hill (2011). “The Icemark Chronicles #1: Cry of the Icemark”, p.23, Scholastic Inc.

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