Quotes from Tui T. Sutherland

Every HiveWing had at least a few black scales, inherited from their common ancestor, Clearsight,

How am I supposed to look at his SMUG PRETENTIOUS FACE every single day for the rest of my life?

With punching and biting?" Swordtail suggested hopefully. "And maybe some venomous caterpillars?" "I like the way you think," Sundew said. "But they're centipedes, dingbat." "Or," Blue interjected, "is there a way to sneak in where nobody gets hurt?

She's no one's favorite dragonet, I might add.

And then we heard the THUMP-THUMP-THUMP of grumpy talons stomping our way, and in comes gigantic Morrowseer, all frowning and portentous as usual.

Our genetic superiority will manifest wherever this dragonet hatches and however it is raised.

She's a little different after two thousand years, that's all," Darkstalker said hurriedly. "This is better, though. She always worried about the future too much. Now she won't worry and we can just be happy and everything will be fine.

Entertainment value," offered Qibli.

she said. "Hilarious. As if you'd have survived this long out here. Your minders

Right, she remembered. They don't know yet that I'm Important. They don't realize that soon everyone will know my name, or that I can save them from so many horrible things.

My point is that I grew up in the most terrible place in Pyrrhia, but it made me strong. This dungeon is nothing in comparison. Here, we get to eat every day and your queen even lets us out to stretch our wings more frequently than I can believe.

Harry was nervous about the séance, but he agreed to participate. Perhaps there was some part of him that actually hoped he could communicate with Cecilia. He still missed his mother terribly. Sir Arthur was thrilled with the results of the séance. His wife filled fifteen pages with messages for Harry, expressing Cecilia's love for him and how much she missed him. Sir Arthur thought Harry had to be as convinced as he was. Surely he couldn't deny this kind of evidence.

He did want to talk to Kinkajou about what had happened to Turtle — but he couldn't do that in front of Moon. He also couldn't take Moon to Anemone's room, because Anemone was there. Darkstalker wouldn't be able to hear any thoughts Moon had about the SeaWing princess, but to explain why she was there, they'd have to tell Moon about Turtle's imprisonment, and THAT would show up in her thoughts.

The griffin's long curved beak did something very much like a smile. Squorp show Logan the Menagerie.

future husband, Prince Arctic, who was the most arrogant, entitled, patronizing, obnoxious, preening, fatheaded son of a walrus

A catfish was staring at him blankly. Its whiskery tendrils drifted in the current. The expression on its face said, "Why is there a dragon sleeping on my river stones?" Webs ate it, and that made him feel a little better.

be the idea dragon and I can be the WHAM BAM SHOVE A PINEAPPLE UP HIS SNOUT dragon!

And a new reason to hope that Queen Oasis lives for a very, very long time. The night Queen Oasis died,

Instead he showed up once a week, blathered on for hours using the biggest, most made-up words possible, and then slithered back to his lab, leaving all of us even dumber than we were before.

Smeeg smog smockeefee,

Her scales were vibrantly, alarmingly orange, much brighter than any SkyWing's scales could be. Winter guessed that if the Talons had somehow missed his mirror signal, a dragon this weirdly colored might still catch their eye.

NightWings will try to counter your sarcasm with more sarcasm, as though every conversation is a competition to see whose wit is more biting. No one ever stops to acknowledge that someone else was funny.

I'mjustsayingshe'dbeallright,

Good-bye, my dearest love, her thoughts whispered. And then … blackness rushed up toward him, enfolding him in its wings, and he was gone.