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Quotes About Dragons

And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history? If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.
~ George R. R. Martin
Others? Other dragons? I think not, and let us be clear here, Kanyn Thrall, your other victories have all the bravado of rats crunched underfoot. I make breakfast of mortal heroes and shit out pitted iron at day's end. I make morsels of Tiste champions, snacks of Thel Akai hunters, paltry meals of Jhelarkan, Dog-Runners, Thelomen and Jheck.
~ Steven Erikson
and among those that came from the vaulted heavens of silver, the Tiste Andii, dwellers of Darkness in the Place before Light, Black Dragons numbering five, and in their league sailed red-winged Silanah, said to dwell among the Tiste Andii in their Fang of Darkness descending from the vaulted heavens of silver
~ Steven Erikson
Fire drakes dwell in the pits," she told him. "Sometimes they demand sacrifice." "What are fire-drakes?" "Elemental creatures, like dragons. They breathe the fire and feast on the minerals found in its wake.
~ Storm Constantine
The sea dragons remained a tantalizing myth, and if they had risen from the deep to touch the hearts and minds of two young intiates, they had once again sunk into dreams
~ Storm Constantine
Perhaps once one realised how deeply one could bond with a creature as foreign as a dragon, all forms of human love seemed more acceptable.
~ Robin Hobb, Blood of Dragons
It seems to me that if you wish to apply laws to us, it were only reasonable to consult us on them, and from what you have read to me about Parliament, I do not think any dragons are invited to go there
~ Naomi Novik
and it came out that this King Arthur and his knights had done nothing of real note but to kill innocent dragons all around Britain: almost certainly a pack of lies, as Forthing admitted they had not possessed even any guns at the time, and unpleasant lies at that.
~ Naomi Novik
All maps are fiction when the world is seen from the sky. But if ten thousand dragons choose to believe in this one, I think you will find it nearer truth than otherwise.
~ Naomi Novik
Feiglings!" Eroica bellowed after them at the top of his lungs as they clawed and scattered his wing dragons.
~ Naomi Novik
I'll tell you a story, (…) A story about books, dragons and roses, as befits the date, but above all, a story about shadows and ashes, as befits the times…
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Una historia de libros, de dragones y de rosas, como manda la fecha, pero sobre todo una historia de sombras y ceniza, como mandan los tiempos…" (de los fragmentos perdidos de El Prisionero del
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Una historia de libros, de dragones y de rosas, como manda la fecha, pero sobre todo una historia de sombras y ceniza, como mandan los tiempos…
~ Carlos Ruiz Zafon
Don't forget that dragons are only guardians of treasures and one fights them for what they keep - not for themselves...
~ Katherine Mansfield
Dogie's surfboards were like works of art. Splashed across their rainbow-colored decks were air-brushed paintings of waterfalls and sea dragons and a host of other fantastic creatures. Her favorite painting was a winged horse that looked like part horse and part comet, with its long tail blazing down the length of the board.
~ Kathi Appelt
Dragon form is generally reserved for mating and fighting. We found over the years that it was simply easier to blend in - physically speaking - if we resembled those around us. Do you wish to mate with me?
~ Katie MacAlister
He held up a hand as we rounded a corner onto a busy street. "Red dragons?" I whispered. "No. Mimes.
~ Katie MacAlister
What do you know about dragons?" "They're big, scaly, four-legged creatures with wings who terrorized small villages until a virgin was offered up as a sacrifice." His grinned again. "I do miss the virgins.
~ Katie MacAlister
My friends, it is wise to nourish the soul, otherwise you will breed dragons and devils in your heart.
~ C.G. Jung
Birth is difficult, but a thousand times more difficult is the hellish afterbirth. All the dragons and monstrous serpents of eternal emptiness follow behind the divine son.
~ C.G. Jung
Or possibly possessiveness was a characteristic of draconic affection. They were supposed to be hoarders, after all. Not so different from Librarians.
~ Genevieve Cogman
That's where both the Fae and the dragons fail......."They are defined either by narrative or reality. They don't go beyond that. The only person who can ever set bounds on you should be yourself.
~ Genevieve Cogman
And the dragons aren't interested in talking to us about how they do whatever it is that they do." Kai coughed. "Just like we aren't interested in talking to them about how we do what we do?
~ Genevieve Cogman
The definition of elitist, as I understand it, is that those who are superior should hold power. I'm a reasonable person. Show me humans who are as competent or intelligent as dragons, and I'll bring them into government as well.
~ Genevieve Cogman