Every Single Arrow of dodona quote because it's my favourite character (chronological)
First book: The Hidden Oracle
THOU SHALT NOT.
YEA, VERILY. PRITHEE, SHOOTING IS NOT MY PURPOSE.
FORSOOTH.
LO, THE ARMPIT DOTH HOLD THE ARROWS THOU NEEDEST.
THOU SHALT NOT THINKEST ABOUT IT.
ENCHANT THOU THE WARPED ARROW!
I SHALT ASSIST.
STARTEST THOU: 'PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY.'
SAYEST THOU: 'PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY, PLAGUEY!'
FIE! TOO STRONG IS THY PLAGUE.
THY CHANTING SUKETH.
METHINKS THOU HAST BLOWN IT.
MOREO'ER, HIE! TAKEST THOU THE REINS.
RELEASE THY BREATH, DROPETH THY SHOULDER.
MINDETH THY RIGHT ELBOW.
AND TELLEST NOT THINE ARROW TO SHUT UP.
Second Book: The Dark Prophecy
LO, THE MORTAL DOTH FINALLY SHOW SENSE.
HITTEST ME WITH THY BEST SHOT.
FIE, THOU HAST GIVEN ME NOT A QUESTION BUT A STORY.
NOW HAST THOU ASKED TOO MANY QUESTIONS. MY WISDOM DOTH NOT SPEW FORTH ANSWERS AS IF 'TWERE GOOGLE.
GOEST THOU TO THE ZOO.
FINDEST THOU THE GRIFFINS' ENCLOSURE.
SEEKEST THOU THE CHOO-CHOO.
IST THERE AN ECHO IN HERE?
LO, THOU SHALT GAIN THE BEASTS' TRUST WITH TATER TOTS.
VERILY, THOU ART DENSER THAN A COMBAT OSTRICH CUBE.
LONG HAST THOU KEPT ME QUIVERED. VERILY, THY LEVELS OF STUPID ASTOUND ME.
UNTRUE. EACH BRANCH OF DODONA'S SACRED GROVE, EACH TWIG AND ROOT -- TO ALL OF THESE, I AM MOST DEAR.
THOU SHALT TAKE A CAR.
LEAVEST THOU WELL BEFORE DAWN.'TIS A COUNTER-COMMUTE, AYE, BUT THERE SHALL BE CONSTRUCTION ON HIGHWAY THIRTY-SEVEN. EXPECTEST THOU TO TRAVEL ONE HOUR AND FORTY-TWO MINUTES.
OF COURSE NOT. FIE UPON YOU. AS FOR HOW THOU SHALT SURVIVE, ASK ME THIS ANON, WHEN THOU REACHEST THE DESTINATION.
I SHALL SAY NO MORE TO YOU, BASE VILLAIN! THOU ART NOT WORTHY OF MY SAGE ADVICE!
I KNEWST THAT WHEN I MET YOU.
THE MORTAL ENTRANCE LIES ONE LEAGUE EAST, NEAR A PORTABLE SHED WITH A ROOF OF BLUE.
BUT THOU CANST NOT USE THE MORTAL ENTRANCE. 'TIS GUARDED TOO WELL, AND 'TWOULD BE DEATH.
GOEST THOU DOWN THIS ROAD TO THE WEST. THOU SHALT SEEST A ROADSIDE STAND WHICH SELLETH FRESH EGGS.
THIS ROADSIDE STAND IS NOT IMPORTANT. KEEP DRIVING.
GOEST THOU FARTHER. TAKEST THE THIRD LEFT. WHEN THOU SEEST THE ROAD SIGN OF THE EMPEROR, TOU SHALT KNOW 'TIS TIME TO STOP.
THOU SHALT KNOWEST IT WHEN THOU SEEST IT. STOPPEST THERE, JUMPEST THOU THE FENCE, AND PROCEED INLAND TO THE PLACE OF TWO STREAMS.
THEN THOU MAYST DRINK AND JUMP INTO THE CHASM OF HORRORS. BUT TO DO SO, THOU MUST FACE THE GUARDIANS THAT CANNOT BE KILLED.
THOU DOST JAPE LIKE A JAPING JAPER. BUT NAY. MY PROPHETIC POWERS SEE THIS NOT. AND ONE MORE THING.
LEAVEST ME IN THE MERCEDES. I WISH NOT TO PLUNGE INTO DEATH AND DARKNESS.
Third Book: The Burning Maze
TOOKEST THEE LONG ENOUGH. FOR FORTNIGHTS UNTOLD HAVE I TRIED TO SPEAK WITH THEE.
VERIY, TIME DOTH CREEP WHEN ONE IS QUIVERED. THOU SHOULDST TRY IT AND SEEST HOW THOU LIKEST IT.
I MUST SPEAK TO THEE ABOUT-- HOLD THE PHONE. STRIXES? WHEREFORE TALKEST TO ME OF THOSE?
FIE! THOU SHOULDST AVOID SUCH DANGERS!
STRIXES ART DANGEROUS.
SHUT THEE UP. THE BIRDS CAN BE SLAIN, THOUGH THIS SHALT CURSE THE SLAYER AND CAUSETH MORE STRIXES TO APPEARETH.
I USE NOT SUCH CHEATS!
THE BIRDS MAY BE REPELLED WITH PIG ENTRAILS. HAST THOU ANY?
WAIT. HARK! IT APPEARETH THAT ARBUTUS SHALL SERVE.
I KNOW NOT! BECAUSE I WAS BORN IN A GROVE DOTH NOT MAKE ME A GARDENER!
IS'T HOT IN HITHER? OR IS'T JUST ME?
HAST YON WENCH A BLOWGUN?
FIE! A BOW AND ARROWS ART FAR SUPERIOR!
HMM, THOU MUST USE THE BLOWGUN.
REMIND ME NOT! 'TIS BITTER TO SPEAK OF! THOU HAST THY ANSWER!
NOW, THE VILE ROGUE APOLLO SHALT REMOVE ME FROM THIS MONSTER'S EYE POSTHASTE!
AND MINE FURY IS BOUNDLESS! THOU SHOOTEST ME FORTH TO SLAY THY FOES AS IF I WAST A MERE ARROW!
THOU TELLEST ME TO HUSH, THEN THOU ASKETH ME FOR WISDOM? OH FIE! OH, VILLAINY! BOTH DIRECTIONS MUST THOU PURSUE, IF THOU WOULDST SEE SUCCESS. BUT BEWARE. I SEE GREAT PAIN, GREAT SUFFERING. SACRIFICE MOST BLOODY!
OH, No, Thou Shalt Not (I don't know why this one was not all capitalized in the books)
KILLETH THYSELF WITH SOME OTHER PROJECTILE, KNAVE, OF COMMON MURDER WEAPONS, I AM NONE!
VILLAINY! THOU DIDST NOT JUST IMPALE ME HEREIN! O, VILE, MONSTROUS FLESH!
COLD! COLD! COLD!
'TWAS ME WITCH! DOST THOU THINK I WOULD FAIN ALLOW MYSELF TO BE EMBEDDED IN THE DISGUSTING HEART OF LESTER! I DODGED AND WEAVED!
BACKETH OFF, KNAVE! NE'ER AGAIN SHALT THOU STICKEST ME IN THY LOATHSOME CHEST! NOR IN THE EYES OF THY ENEMIES!
SO THOU SAYEST NOW, BUT I WARN THEE--- BUT SOOTH. IS THIS A CROSSWORD I SEE BEFORE ME? VERILY, I DOTH LOVE CROSSWORDS.
METHINKS THE ANSWER SHALT BEEST IN THE COMMON TONGUE OF ENGLISH. 'TWOULD BEETH THE NAME BY WHICH THOU ART MOST FAMILIAR IN THE PRESENT DAY.
'TIS NOT STRANGE!
OH, HA-HA. A JEST AS WEAK AS THY MUSCLES.
Book four: The Tyrant's Tomb
THY WORDS ARE TRUE. BUT IN WHAT SENSE MEANEST THOU?
I SHALL THINK UPON THIS.
GIVE ME TIME TO CONSIDER, O IMPATIENT LESTER.
THE JOURNEY INTO THE TOMB WILL NOT BE THY FINAL CHALLENGE. UNLESS THOU SUCKEST MOST WOEFULLY.
FIGHT NOT THE KING. HEAREST THOU WHAT THOU NEEDEST, AND SKEDADDLETH.
I TRY TO SPEAK PLAINLY TO THEE, TO GRANT THEE A BOON, AND STILL THOU COMPLAINEST.
ART THOU SURE THAT IS THY WISH?
CONGRATULATIONS
THOU HAST FOUND THY GROOVE. AT LEAST THE BEGINNINGS OF THY GROOVE. I SUSPECTED THIS WOULD BE SO, GIVEN TIME. CONGRATULATIONS ARE MERITED.
THOU ART MOST WELCOME.
AYE, MOST TROUBLING. BY THE BY, WHAT "PROCESS" WERT THOU SPEAKING OF TO YON MAIDENS? THOU HAST NO PROCESS SAVE FUMBLING.
WELL-REASONED, SIRRAH. THOU HAST NARROWED IT DOWN TO ALL THE GUYS IN EGYPT.
IS MY WISDOM SO CHEAPLY BOUGHT? DOST THOU EXPECT TO WIN HIS NAME WITH NO EFFORT?
AMUSING.
VERILY, THE NAME DOTH BEGIN WITH AN H.
HERA? ART THOU SERIOUS?
THINK OF THY FAVORITE PHYSICIAN.
YOUR FAVORITE MORTAL PHYSICIAN.
THOU ART KILLING ME. "HIPPOCRATES" IS THY HINT. THE NAME THOU SEEKEST IS MOST LIKE IT. THOU NEEDEST BUT CHANGE TWO LETTERS.
I SHALL GIVE THEE ONE LAST HINT. THINK OF THY FAVORITE MARX BROTHER.
HOLDEST THOU ON, APOLLO! YIELDETH THYSELF NOT TO THE UNDEAD KING!
THOU HAST DONE WELL, APOLLO! THOU HAST ONLY ONE JOB NOT: LIVE!
THOU HAST ONLY TO WAIT! HOLD ON!
YES! YES, DOEST THOU THAT! STAYEST THOU WITH ME, APOLLO. DAREST THOU NOT DIE UPON ME, MAN!
NO! HOLD ON!
CONCENTRATE UPON MY VOICE. LET US SING A SONG! THOU LIKEST SONGS, DOST THOU NOT?
PERHAPS A DIFFERENT SONG?
BHAM BHAM BHAM
Book Five: The Tower of Nero
DIDST THOU CALLEST ME THY FRIEND?
THE EMPEROR'S WHATNOT IS FORMIDABLE INDEED. BUT THOU ALREADY KNOWEST THE ANSWER TO THY QUESTION, O LESTER. SEEKEST THOU THE PLACE OF THE SEVEN-LAYER DIP.
I TOLDST THOU BEFORE. I SEEST NO OTHER INTERPRETATION. THOU MUST TRUST THE EMPEROR'S OWN.
VERILY.
NAY.
A FIG! TAKEST ME NOT TO THE GROVE, PERNICIOUS LESTER! THINKEST THOU I SHOULDST BE WELCOMED THERE, MY QUEST INCOMPLETE?
OF COURSE THOU DIDST NOT. I LEFT NOT WILLINGLY FROM MY HOME, O LESTER. I WAS FORCED, CAST OUT! ONE SMALL BRANCH, EXPENDABLE, FORGETTABLE, EXILED FROM THE CHORUS OF TREES UNTIL I SHOULDST PROVE MYSELF! IF NOW I RETURNED, THE ENTIRE GROVE WOULD LAUGH. THE HUMILIATION.......
FORGETTEST THOU WHAT I SAID. PRETENDEST THOU IT NEVER HAPPENED.
AYE. DOUBTLESS YOU ARE RIGHT.
WORRY NOT, THOU. I MUST NEEDS RETURN TO MY QUIVER. THOU SHOULDST SPEAK TO MEG.
THOU ART PLEASED TO SEE ME.
NERO IS NOT WORTH A FIG. HE SEES NOT MY BRILLIANCE.
ODS BODKINS! JUST LISTEN TO THE GAUL!
THOU HAST MADE A FRIENDS. NOW REFILLEST THY QUIVERS SO THOU SHALT NOT SHOOT WITH ME.
LOOK OUT.
THAT IS NOT NORMALLY HOW ONE USETH A SWORD.
MEG IS IN PERIL.
THOU SHOULDST DO THAT MORE OFTEN.
HURRY. I SENSE... YES. NERO HAS SENT GUARDS TO FETCH MEG.
HOW DOETH WE, SIRRAH?
THAT BAD? ZOUNDS!
A GREAT VICTORY. 'TWOULD SEEM 'TIS ALMOST TIME.
I SAID NOTHING.
I DIDST NOT! WE MUST FORMULATE A NEW PLAN. I SHALL GO RIGHT. THOU SHALF GO LEFT.
SO... WHAT IS THY PLAN?
I HATH. A THOUSAND TIMES.
DIEST THOU NOT! THE TIME HAS COME!
THE PROPHECY WHICH PYTHON SPAKE. IF THOU MUST FALL, THEN SO YOU SHALL, BUT FIRST, USETH THOU ME.
THOU MUST.
FARE THEE WELL, FRIEND. APOLLO WILL FALL, BUT APOLLO MUST RISE AGAIN!
Done.
I hope this helps somebody. LOL.
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