Quotes from Cressida Cowell

Oh, for Thor's sake..." said Hiccup. "I thought that was just a story..." "Stories come from somewhere," said the witch. "The past haunts the present in more ways than we realise.

But how can we know that dragons did not exist? We have never actually BEEN to the Dark Ages.

Remember, there is nothing wrong with a healthy sense of self-respect.

The thing about grown ups is that they're always wanting you to be this Great Hero and Leader. What's wrong with being NORMAL, for Thor's sake? What's wrong with just being SO-SO at stuff? They're just totally unrealistic...

And now that its ruby eyes are set into the gold, you cannot see their tear-shape, so they seem to be laughing rather than crying. It is a constant reminder to me of the human ability to create something beautiful even when things are at the darkest.

That is a terrible plan." "Hiccup's plans are always t-terrible." "Hey! You're still here, aren't you?

Being frightened is not the same as being a coward.

I NAME THIS LAND TOMORROW, FOR IT SHALL LAST FOREVERMORE!

The Hero cares not for a wild winter's storm. For it carries him swift on the back of the storm. All may be lost and our hearts may be worn, but a Hero fights forever.

There were dragons when I was a boy.

GO FOR HIS EYES! OR BITE HIM ON THE NOSE! DRAGON NOSES ARE VERY SENSITIVE!" Oh, very helpful, Camicazi, very helpful...thought Hiccup. What if he doesn't obligingly hold me up to his nose? What if the only part I get close to is the TEETH?

Books were despised by the Viking Tribes, as they were seen as a horrible civilizing influence and a threat to the barbarian culture.

Hiccup followed him carefully ... and fell over again. "BRAVO!" clapped Alvin, to Hiccup's surprise. "But I fell over again" said Hiccup. "But with such STYLE," said Alvin. "You can't teach that, it's in the blood.

History is a set of repeating circles, like the tide. The wind does blow through the ruins of tomorrow. But it is more a question of two steps forward, one step back. Humans and dragons make the same mistakes, again and again, but things do get better over time

It is a lot easier to be brave when you know you have no alternative.