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Quotes About Dragons

He was swearing in what Irene assumed were words well-brought-up dragons used when they didn't want to shock lesser creatures.
~ Genevieve Cogman
His voice matched him, deep and slightly raspy. If dragons existed and could talk, they would sound just like him.
~ Ilona Andrews
Azdaha were no joke. ... Not much is known about this dragon [the aforementioned Gandarw], except that he apparently had yellow heels. I wonder why that was such an important detail. I mean if I were describing Godzilla, the color of his heels wouldn't be the first thing I would mention.
~ Ilona Andrews
Roman blinked again and smacked Aspid's nose with his hand. "What did I say about kisses? No kisses unless invited." Aspid's tongue contracted. He pulled Roman into his mouth. I sprinted. "Yes, I love you, too," Roman said from inside the forest of teeth. "I need to go now. Come on." The dragon opened his mouth and put Roman back into the mud.
~ Ilona Andrews
Besides, dragons kidnap virgins, so I'm out." And why had I just told him I was not a virgin? Why did I even go there? "It doesn't matter if I'm the first. It only matters that I'll be the last.
~ Ilona Andrews
First published in 1984 when I was nothing more than sticks of bone at seven, 'Dragons of Autumn Twilight' began what would be one of the icons of my grunge-stained disenchanted childhood.
~ Ben Peek
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
~ Suzanne McMinn
Over the years, more than one reviewer has described my fantasy series, 'A Song of Ice and Fire', as historical fiction about history that never happened, flavoured with a dash of sorcery and spiced with dragons. I take that as a compliment.
~ George R. R. Martin
Demons, chaos, dragons - all of them are different incarnations and representations of our idea of death in 'Dark Souls.'
~ Hidetaka Miyazaki
The sun had now set the sky ablaze with glorious hues of orange. She squinted to focus in the brilliance and thoughts of distant fire breathing dragons lit up her imagination once again.
~ Kim Cormack, Enlightenment
Firewyrms (I refuse to dignify those things by calling them dragons; real dragons should be elegant reptilian predators, not sea slugs with wings that vomit acid).
~ Charles Stross
I'm an outlaw, not a hero. I never intended to rescue you. We're our own dragons as well as heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.
~ Tom Robbins
The color has faded out of the sky. It is grey, becoming darker as the world turns herself round a little more. The clouds are long and black and ragged, like the wings of stormbattered dragons.
~ Keri Hulme
People used to draw dragons on the edges of old maps. When the world hadn't been fully explored, mapmakers imagined dragons living at the far ends.
~ Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Worse than giant, fire-breathing lizards that could fly? Sounded like we should send dragons after Hitler.
~ Kimberly Brubaker Bradley
Just because you said dragon demons were extinct—" "I said mostly extinct." Alec jabbed a finger toward him. "Mostly extinct," he said, his voice trembling with rage, "is NOT EXTINCT ENOUGH." "I see," said Jace. "I'll just have them change the entry in the demonology textbook from 'almost extinct' to 'not extinct enough for Alec. He prefers his monsters really, really extinct.' Will that make you happy?
~ Cassandra Clare
Lawful good to lawful evil!" said Simon, pleased. "He's quoting Dungeons and Dragons," said Clary. "Ignore him.
~ Cassandra Clare
Only with absolute fearlessness can we slay the dragons of mediocrity that invade our gardens.
~ George Lois
The brave men did not kill dragons. The brave men rode them.
~ George R. R. Martin
As Daenerys Targaryen rose to her feet, her black hissed, pale smoke venting from its mouth and nostrils. The other two pulled away from her breasts and added their voices to the call, translucent wings unfolding and stirring the air, and for the first time in hundreds of years, the night came alive with the music of dragons.
~ George R.R. Martin
And what lesson can we draw from Volantene history?" "If you want to conquer the world, you best have dragons.
~ George R.R. Martin
Then the storm broke, and the dragons danced.
~ George R.R. Martin
She is the widow of a Dothraki khal, a mother of dragons and sacker of cities, Aegon the Conqueror with teats.
~ George R.R. Martin
Once there were two moons in the sky, but one wandered too close to the sun and cracked from the heat. A thousand thousand dragons poured forth, and drank the fire of the sun. That is why dragons breathe flame. One day the other moon will kiss the sun too, and then it will crack and the dragons will return.
~ George R.R. Martin