Top 60 Brian Jacques Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “It’s a long hard road ahead for you, little warrior. Enjoy a happy day while you can. – Boldred.”

— Brian Jacques

2. “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

3. “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

4. “I am that is, my sword shall wield for me.”

— Brian Jacques

5. “Death comes to us all sooner or later. We cannot escape it.”

— Brian Jacques

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

— Brian Jacques

7. “The more ’otter it is, the more ’otter otters likes it.”

— Brian Jacques

8. “There is no greater evil than killing. I don’t care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious.”

— Brian Jacques

9. “Sometimes the gift of an inquisitive nature to the young can be greater than that of the wisdom which comes of age.”

— Brian Jacques

10. “My values are not based on violence. My values are based on courage, which you see time and time again in my books. A warrior isn’t somebody like Bruce Willis or Arnold Schwarzenegger. A warrior can be any age. A warrior is a person people look up to.”

— Brian Jacques

11. “Sighing restlessly, the boundless sea broke huge rollers into white cream which hissed hungrily up to the tideline.”

— Brian Jacques

12. “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

13. “Who knows, my friend? Maybe the sword does have some magic. Personally, I think it’s the warrior who wields it.”

— Brian Jacques

14. “Weapons may be carried by creatures who are evil, dishonest, violent or lazy. The true warrior is good, gentle and honest. His bravery comes from within himself; he learns to conquer his own fears and misdeeds. – Matthias.”

— Brian Jacques

15. “Knowledge is a thing that one cannot have enough of. It is the fruit of wisdom, to be eaten carefully and digested fully, unlike that lunch you are bolting down, little friend.”

— Brian Jacques

16. “Every Betrayal begins with trust-Phish Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today-James Dean Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live-Anonymous.”

— Brian Jacques

17. “Shake paws, count your claws, You steal mine, I’ll borrow yours. Watch my whiskers, check both ears. Robber foxes have no fears.”

— Brian Jacques

18. “In our imaginations we can go anywhere. Travel with me to Redwall in Mossflower country.”

— Brian Jacques

19. “Subaltern Meliton Gubthorpe Digglethwaite?”

— Brian Jacques

20. “Courage is the moment when an ordinary being becomes an extraordinary being.”

— Brian Jacques

21. “Wot Wot.”

— Brian Jacques

22. “Have you been travelling, my young friend? Come in out of the darkness and rain. Sit by the fire, eat, drink and rest yourself. Life is one long journey from beginning to end, you know. We all walk different roads, both with our bodies and our minds. Some of us lose heart and fall by the wayside, whilst others go on to realise their dreams and desires.”

— Brian Jacques

23. “Fate is fickle, and the company of unwilling friends short lived.”

— Brian Jacques

24. “A mouse is small and can go unnoticed: but there is no limit to what a brave heart and a fearless spirit can achieve.”

— Brian Jacques

25. “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 Jacques

26. “Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!”

— Brian Jacques

27. “He came with death held in his paw Which no rat born could face Oh woe to those who break the law Of Sunflash and his mace!”

— Brian Jacques

28. “If you wanna be a writer, you must learn to paint a picture with words.”

— Brian Jacques

29. “Friend is a very small word, A little sound we make, For one who is true, one who will do, Great deeds for friendship’s sake.”

— Brian Jacques

30. “So here is my story, may it bring Some smiles and a tear or so, It happened once upon a time, Far away, and long ago, Outside the night wind keens and wails, Come listen to me, the Teller of Tales!”

— Brian Jacques

31. “Sometimes friends do go from us-it will happen more and more as you grow up, Chugg. But if you really love your friends, they’re never really gone. Somewhere they’re watching over you and they’re always there inside your heart. -Martin.”

— Brian Jacques

32. “Imagination is a gift given to us from God and each one of us use it differently.”

— Brian Jacques

33. “I fell, you see. Trod on my abbot, Father Habit. Oh, dear! I mean...”

— Brian Jacques

34. “I am a people watcher and I have a very good memory.”

— Brian Jacques

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

— Brian Jacques

36. “You may have enslaved our bodies, but our hearts and minds will always be free!”

— Brian Jacques

37. “I enjoy walking my dog and completing crossword puzzles.”

— Brian Jacques

38. “Like a soft cloak of dark velvet, buttoned and studded with stars, the last night of spring lay soft over the ancient sandstone Abbey of Redwall.”

— Brian Jacques

39. “I love book signings: kids waiting in line for you to scribble on their new books, haha!”

— Brian Jacques

40. “But the warriors true, the brave of heart Who valiently upheld the right They are raised on high to the velvet sky Bringing light to the darkness of night.”

— Brian Jacques

41. “Early morning was enveloped in white mist. It clung to tree and bush like a gossamer shawl, sparkling with dewdrops in the promise of a hot sunny day ahead.”

— Brian Jacques

42. “All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse.”

— Brian Jacques

43. “Mariel of Redwall.”

— Brian Jacques

44. “Where’s the point in fighting and slaying if you can make a friend out of anybeast instead of a foe?”

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45. “It’s a jolly little junior vermin!”

— Brian Jacques

46. “We could have chopped down the sycamore with this...”

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47. “Was it magic? Of course it was.”

— Brian Jacques

48. “Three figures crossed the Abbey gardens as the moon broke from behind a drifting cloudbank. The nearby pond was bathed in a silver sheen, parts of the sandstone wall reflecting back a wavery bluish light.”

— Brian Jacques

49. “Aye, she’m cutten our tails off’n us wi’ a single swipe, missie!”

— Brian Jacques

50. “There are enough cowards in the world without killing a brave creature for so little reason.”

— Brian Jacques