Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a scullion dollars, whoopee!

— Brian Jacques

Any weapon is a good weapon as long as ye can use it with honor and skill.

— Brian Jacques

Are you going to go down on your knees and beg for your life, old one?" Abbot Mortimer stared calmly into Clung's savage eye. "I will never bend my knee on my own behalf. However, if I thought I could save the life of one of my friends I would gladly fall down on both knees. But I know you, Clung, better than you know yourself. There is not a scrap of pity or mercy in your heart, only a burning desire for vengeance. Therefore, I will not kneel to one who is consumed by evil.

— Brian Jacques

Basil Stag Hare tut-tutted severely as he remarked to Ambrose Spike, 'TCH, TCH. Dreadful table manners. Just look at those three wallahs, kicking up a hullabaloo like that! Eating's a serious business.

— Brian Jacques

Don't be ashamed to weep; 'tis right to grieve. Tears are only water, and flowers, trees, and fruit cannot grow without water. But there must be sunlight also. A wounded heart will heal in time, and when it does, the memory and love of our lost ones is sealed inside to comfort us.

— Brian Jacques

Don't think about what you could have done, concentrate on what you plan to do; it is more useful.

— Brian Jacques

Each of us is born to follow a star, be it bright and shining or dark and fated. Sometimes the path of these stars will cross, bringing love or hatred. However, if you look up at the skies on a clear night, out of all the countless lights that twinkle and shine, there will come one. That star will be seen in a blaze, burning a path of light across the roof of the earth, a great comet.

— Brian Jacques

Err, sorry Father Abbot. I tripped y'see. Trod on my Abbot, Father Habit. Oh dear, I mean....

— Brian Jacques

Food to eat and games to play. Tell me why, tell me why. Serve it out and eat it up. Have a try, have a try.

— Brian Jacques

I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.

— Brian Jacques