Quotes from Tui T. Sutherland

The front door flew open. A vampire in a long, slinky red dress stood framed in the doorway, flashing her fangs at them. "HAPPY HALLO—oh, it's you," she said.

I believe this," said Jerboa, "is our first visitor from the lost continent.

Peril came to because her body decided not to drown.

her friends decided to set their dinner on fire.

I finally stuffed pillows in my bed and went out the same window Squorp came in, except it turns out that's a lot easier with wings, because there are these dumb hedges right out there that tried to eat me alive.

Go ahead," Starflight said. "It's OK. I'll watch them." He shook his wings and puffed out his chest imposingly, which came across a bit like a tree frog trying to look menacing.

This is sane. It is normal to feel judged by magic walls. I am a perfectly sane queen with a well-functioning brain and everything is fine.

So Turtle had enchanted a strand of purple kelp, wound three times around his upper arm, to make him just a bit faster than some of his brothers.

But all she wanted was to be with Clay. Near him, around him, breathing the same air and watching the same skies. That wasn't asking too much. And if it meant she wasn't hurting anyone anymore, wasn't that what everyone wanted? Maybe not. Maybe Queen Ruby wanted Peril to be miserable and alone.

She was pretty sure he would like Qibli. She could imagine them annoying HiveWing guards together.

Well, son of a starfish," she said, and then toppled over onto the sand like a slow avalanche.

Qibli," he said, "please order that scroll to roll itself up." Qibli laughed. "Don't you think I've spent my whole life hoping magic would suddenly pop out of my claws?

Fish-Boy will be okay. Sage sent out a reassuring wave to Logan. House creepy, but dancing girl will protect him.

Hey, sparkling teeth, I totally love three of your claws but not the others, and I wish your nose was a herring so I could eat it, and also your wings sound like sharks snoring.

My mother's name was Palm,

Unless that's what this happy feeling is, the one I get every time I see her. Uh-oh.

Guys, this is Riptide and Serious." "CIRRUS," the IceWing snarled.

Anemone's sparkle extravaganza.

Mshish vemmy shmewy," Clay mumbled around the fruit in his jaws.

Just give it a try, please, Pyrite,

climbed higher up the tree and along

And whatever that other one can do." "Make bananas," Qibli filled in. "Absolutely terrifying. Run for your life.

It made no sense. Why would a different wing shape, or a slightly different scale color, or antennae, make one dragon superior and another dragon worth nothing?

glanced up and saw an expanding band of pale yellow light along the