Quotes from Cressida Cowell

History, you see, is like the interlocking wheels turning in a ticking-thing. Something unexpected happens, some sort of hiccup ... the wheels are jogged... and then they set off again, beating out the time in a new pattern.

What you g-g-gonna do, tough guy? Tickle Toothless to d-d-death?

This is the problem with stories. Stories always mean something. The question is ... What exactly do they mean?

Being frightened is not the same as being a coward. Maybe he was as brave as anyone else there, because he went to catch a dragon despite knowing what dragons are like.

Isn't Fate artistic?

Hiccup had made leaps such as these all his life. Leaps of faith, leaps of hope, leaps out into the unknown. Hiccup had always trusted in his luck, in his faith that the universe was ultimately kindly, a Good Egg, as Stoick would put it, rather than a Bad Egg, and would reach out and save him. But this was more of a leap of despair.

The Supper is still singing.

I was not the sort of boy who could train a dragon with a mere lifting of an eyebrow. I was not a natural at the Heroism business. I had to work at it. This is the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way.

I would say, I'll meet you in Valhalla, replied Hiccup through gritted teeth. But I don't think you'll be going there.

What is within is more important than what is without.

You remember what I said, way way way back at the start of Hiccup's adventures, how this would be the story of becoming a Hero the Hard Way? Now you can begin to see exactly how hard the way has been.

but Tact and Sensitivity were not Gobber's strong points, and he took the first five minutes to come up with Hiccup copped it. SORRY, and the spent the second five minutes tearing his beard out.

A promise is a promise if it is made in blood.

Hiccup the Second was gone forever, separated from the Dragon by an ocean of sky and time, and he could not come back to visit. But still, somehow, a tiny part of him was here, in the raggedy, awkward shape of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. And the Dragon Furious loved him.

Was it possible that Warriors had been mistaken in their view of Magic all along? Could there be another way of looking at things, other than the Warrior way?....Wish's world view was spinning upside down, and that is always a difficult moment.

He looked as frightened as I was. I looked at him, and I saw myself.1,080 rount

However small we are, we should always fight for what we believe to be right. And I don't mean fight with the power of our fists or the power of our swords. That has always been the problem with us Vikings. I mean the power of our brains and our thoughts and our dreams.

The past haunts the present in mores ways than we realize. It certainly scares the living daylights out of me.

I wish, I wish I wish' wished Wish

What are you doing in there, Camicazi? I told you to escape! And how did you know this was my sand yacht? You wrote 'The Hopeful Puffin 2' on the back of it, explained the basket, adding hastily, and I don't know what you're talking about. I've never heard of this Cami-whatsit.

Is the universe a Good Egg or a Bad Egg?

If you're going to start a new life, you might as well start it NOW.

You see, it was not only Hiccup who was growing up, it was the entire world around him — and when whole worlds grow up, that can be painful and difficult. Was it all worth the Archipelago in flames? I do not know, you decide.

I was thinking,' said Crusher dreamily [...] 'about LANGUAGE and how in English two negatives make a positive, but in spriteish, a double negative is still a negative. However there is NO language in which two positives make a negative ...' 'Yeah right, like THAT'S the problem,' said Xar, sarcastically. 'I hadn't thought of that!' said Crusher in gentle surprise [...]. 'You're correct, Car. Yeah, right IS a statement in English where two positives make a negative...