Greenmantle Quotes

“I'm an economical soul, and if I'm going to be hanged I want a good stake for my neck.”
― John Buchan, Greenmantle

“Islam is a fighting creed, and the mullah still stands in the pulpit with the Koran in one hand and a drawn sword in the other.”
― John Buchan, Greenmantle: Authorised Edition

“Then I knew that the prophecy had been true, and that their prophet had not failed them. The long-looked for revelation had come. Greenmantle had appeared at last to an awaiting people.”
― John Buchan, Greenmantle

“It's idiocy, but all war is idiotic, and the most whole-hearted idiot is apt to win.”
― John Buchan, Greenmantle