Quotes from Cressida Cowell

Are you the stuff that hero's are made of? Or are you a jellyfish in a skirt?

Oh for Thor's sake,' said Camicazi in exasperation. 'Have you not hung around with him for long enough to know that you never give up hope until you are presented with actual Hiccup skeleton, solemnly registered and verified by the Valkyrie Death Committee as completely authentic?

I wanted to be a King who would found a New World, not in some misty country far across the seas, but right here, right now, at home.

Because: Love Never Dies, What is Within is More Important than What is Without, The Best is Not Always the Most Obvious and Once You've Loved Truly, Thor, then You Know the Way.

Human hearts are not made out of stone. Thank Thor. They can break, and heal, and beat again.

Everything we do, you see, has its consequences and repercussions, every kind act, and every bad, every friend we make, and every enemy. Everything is connected.

Most of us are lucky not to be Kings and Heroes, because we do not have to make the choices that Kings and Heroes have to make.

The first Dragon was enough to give you nightmares. The second Dragon was enough to give your nightmares nightmares.

Well, suffering swordfish, exclaimed Fishlegs. Hiccup is LEFTHANDED.

K-k-keep your helmet on. T-t-toothless doing his BEST.

Sometimes it is not until the Final Chapter that you realise what a quest has REALLY been about all along.

I have never cared for castles or a crown that grips too tight, Let the night sky be my starry roof and the moon my only light, My heart was born a Hero, My storm-bound sword won't rest, I left this harbour long ago on a never-ending quest. I am off to the horizon, Where the wild wind blows the foam, Come get lost with me, love, And the sea shall be our home.

Notice how the crucible of the story changes those who listen to it, those who are within it, and the person who is telling it, all at the same time.

But the winds will still blow when I am no longer here. The storms will still rage, and the forces of Empire and oppression, be they Roman or otherwise, will still be waiting at the corners of the ocean. The fight goes on for the Heroes of the Future.

Sometimes you have to stand up for what you believe in, even against those you love, and that can be harder than you think.

You cannot fight time itself, slay the minutes and hours with your blade, wipe the bleeding seconds on your shirt. Time cannot be fought.

If I was living in a happier place, said Eggingarde, I might tell stories with happier endings.

There are some Questions, some battles, some Hiccups that are worth losing a world for. And perhaps even when all ends in disaster, you cannot do the wrong thing, if you do it out of love.

Tomorrow. There was something hopeful, even about the word.

A HERO... IS... FOREVER. Adieu, Snotlout. I could not have done this without you. I carry you with me, every step I take, every decision I make. You are part of my blood, and I would never have gotten this far without you. We shall meet again, in a better world than this one.

The past has a way of catching up with you.

Perhaps I am a foolish, fond old dragon who never learns from his own mistakes. But I have to believe that the humans and the dragons are capable of living together. I have to hope that the impossible can be possible. I have to trust in the boy and hope for the best...

You see how good and evil are twisted together? Like a golden dragon bracelet snaking brightly about a person's arm.

The world will need a Hero, and it might as well be you.