Pick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you’ll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it’s two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone.
BRIAN JACQUESPick-a-lock, Pick-a-lock, you’ll regret the day, When you took a mouse thief and locked him away, Silly cat, look at that, it’s two for one, A thief and a warrior, by dawn will be gone.
BRIAN JACQUESSighing restlessly, the boundless sea broke huge rollers into white cream which hissed hungrily up to the tideline.
BRIAN JACQUESStep aside? I step aside for nobeast, whether it be a hallowed hedgehog, an officious otter, a seasoned squirrel, a mutterin’ mole or a befuddled badger!
BRIAN JACQUESShake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I’ll borrow yours. Watch my whiskers, check both ears. Robber foxes have no fears.
BRIAN JACQUESCourage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.
BRIAN JACQUESAbsoballylutely top hole, wot. A and B the C of D I’d say. . . Above and Beyond the Call of Duty.
BRIAN JACQUESThe advice I continually give to young writers is this, “Learn to paint pictures with words.” Not just once upon a time, but … In the long secret dust of ages, beneath a blue forgotten sky, where trade winds caress the sun bleached shores of unknown realms …
BRIAN JACQUESFate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.
BRIAN JACQUESSee, as much as there are words in poetry, there is a poetry in words. Use it, stay faithful to the path you have set your heart upon and follow it.
BRIAN JACQUESEven the strongest and bravest must sometimes weep. It shows they have a great heart, one that can feel compassion for others.” -Cornflower
BRIAN JACQUESTell the Queen that there’s been a robin red-breast hanging about Kotir grounds. It flies down low and vanishes near the floor. Cludd thinks it might be something to do with those woodlanders.
BRIAN JACQUESThere are enough cowards in the world without killing a brave creature for so little reason.
BRIAN JACQUESI love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!
BRIAN JACQUESArmel shrugged. “I suppose so, Brother, but why do creatures have to fight?” Demple picked Mudge up and placed him on his shoulder.
BRIAN JACQUESNow, I’m to say nothing to Fortunata or Ashleg… ‘I must tell the Queen that a robin has seen Cludd hanging about. No, that’s not right. I must tellt he robin taht Cludd has been hanging the Queen.
BRIAN JACQUESI think that others can drive a creature to naughtiness, always accusing and blaming them. After a while it must make the creature unhappy and drive him…to be naughty, because nobody expects them to be good.
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