The quote above and the title for this blog was spoken by Blaggut, the first mate of the Pearl Queen and taken from the book The Bellmaker written by the great Brian Jacques.
Sadly, Mr Jacques passed away from a heartattack on February 5th 2011. He was 71.
I'll like to take this opportunity to offer my condolences to his family, Mr Jacques was a truly great and gifted man.
Brian Jacques literally (in all meaning) changing my life. I never liked to read as a child. The most I ever read were picture books with less than 100 pages. But that all changed way back in 1996 when I picked up a copy of Martin the Warrior.
I admit, I was mostly attracted to the cover. The 300 plus pages really put me off. To make it worst, when I opened the book. NO PICTURES!. Thankfully, my dad said, just take it even if you won't read it. To cut the story short, I took it, read a few pages and the rest they say is history. Never did I think a book could open up a whole new world to me. My life changed forever that day, I discovered the magic of reading and for that I will be forever in debt to Brian Jacques.
Thank you for 15 years of marvellous adventures and wonderful food.
Here's one for the road...."Fur and Freedooooooom!"
James Brian Jacques
15 June 1939-5 February 2011.
