Quotes from Tui T. Sutherland

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

out of the foliage and crashed right into Starflight. Starflight found himself circled by strong brown wings as Clay nearly flung him into the treetops with

This papaya tastes boring. I guess I normally like papaya. But this one is sort of boring all the way through. Like eating water. Boring water. I wonder when it will be sun time. Maybe I should try a different papaya after this one. But what if the next papaya is boring, too? That

EW," Bumblebee declared, in perhaps her most accurate observation so far.

Who would say no to their secret dream come true? Why would I ever say no? Say yes to the magic. Say yes to the bright future. Say yes. Qibli looked up into Darkstalker's eyes and said, "No.

Act smart, stay alive, stick together but don't be an idiot — those are our basic rules.

It's different," he objected. "Swimming is not the same as trying to fly while getting blown about and whacked in the face with little balls of water and also lightning — have we talked about the lightning?" "He's coming, too," Kinkajou said to Moon. Turtle sighed in defeat.

Turtle made a "would rather not handle this weather either myself" face and tried to shake some of the rain off his waterlogged wings.

His intense joy — so much to read! Surely everything he could wish for had to be in here, all the answers to all his questions — warred with deep, paralyzing anxiety. How would he ever learn all this?

What did I say about staying put?

I don't see how metaphorical mangoes are going to do us any good,

Well, but that makes sense," Tsunami said. "You practically are a cute furry thing.

Qibli was expecting Turtle to do something, and Turtle had a bad feeling that "something" wasn't "Turtle flying all the way back to the Kingdom of the Sea, finding a deep trench, and staying there forever.

It was a little unsettling how quiet the skies were. Clay

Clay would be just as happy if nobody ever noticed how wonderful he is. Then he could sleep and eat and take care of us instead of fighting. Starflight

Jambu shrugged apologetically. "I'm not sure what you're talking about," he said. Starflight had to sit down and fold his wings over his head for a minute. Glory

The claws of war are no match for the wings of wisdom.

That sounds super dangerous! Touch me not — or you will DIE!

Oooom-yum?" Bumblebee inquired, reaching for it. "Eeee?" "No," Cricket said. "GROSS, Bumblebee!" "GWOSE!" Bumblebee cried, waking up an anaconda as thick as Sundew's tail in the next tree over.

Besides, Queen Battlewinner doesn't like to have her orders questioned," the fourth dragon spoke

Or because he couldn't stand the idea of Moon and Qibli searching Pyrrhia, alone, together?

Moon let herself smile at the fact that fearless, awe-inspiring Tsunami had been the one to bolt, not her.

He was, in fact, roaring something like, "HA HA, PUNY SCAVENGERS! YOU CAN NEVER HIT ME! I AM THE GREATEST WARRIOR IN THE ENTIRE ARMY OF SAND! HA HA HA!

AHA!" Peacemaker suddenly declared. "Have an idea! Super good one! Going to take a NAP! Like a RAINWING! YAY!