Angus MacBain and The Island of Sleeping Kings Quotes

“All greed leads to destruction.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“The first time I saw him I didn’t know if he was wearing a beard or eating a muskrat.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Tell me what you know of my kinfolk.
"Fee, fi, fo, fum?"
Oxton muttered under his breath.
Vanora raised her hand. "I've heard something about a beanstalk and a cow."
The giant gave a great nod. "We've well established you know absolutely nothing of my kind.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Anything easy isn’t hardly worthwhile, Angus. You’ll look back on this journey when you’re older and remember this lesson. Nothing is as meaningful as something you’ve worked hard for and won. This lesson will repeat itself over and over in your life-time.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“I thought he just wanted an extra shin-bone to find furniture with in the dark.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Anything easy isn’t hardly worthwhile,”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Great, just what I always wanted—a bipolar dog.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“they have left a great number of clues for us carved into stone, wood, and metal, enigmatic symbols known as rune stones.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Vikings traveled to new lands they often left their runic inscriptions behind, as warnings and messages to others.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“strange looking ribs with a long hairy tailbone lay in the center of the table”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“The floor.” Angus swallowed hard. “It’s made from headstones.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“like travelers attacked at crossroads; those that stay in the middle of the road come to no harm.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“For a hundred feet, majestic Celtic crosses and flat stones jutted from the emerald green earth.”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Think of yourself as a warrior on a great adventure,”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings

“Did you know the thistle was used by the early kings of Scotland as their personal heraldic crest?”
― Angela J. Townsend, Angus Macbain and the Island of Sleeping Kings